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MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure's Aviation Subcommittee, today announced that Memphis International Airport will receive a $2,362,542 grant for a deicing pad and related facilities from the Federal Aviation Administration.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure's Subcommittee on Aviation, today wrote Federal Aviation Administrator (FAA) Stephen Dickson and Deputy Administrator Daniel K. Elwell requesting that funding to airports provided in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act be suspended until an equitable funding formula can be found.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation, today announced $24,894,552 in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act grants to four Shelby County Airports. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will provide $24,687,552 to Memphis International Airport and grants of $69,000 each to General DeWitt Spain Airport in Memphis, the Charles W. Baker Airport south of Millington and the Millington-Memphis Airport in Millington.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) will receive $35,687,809 in its Urbanized Area Apportionment from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) as a result of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that became law. The CARES Act directs FTA to allocate funding to prevent, prepare for and respond to the coronavirus through the existing Urbanized Area Formula Grants Program, Rural Area Formula Grants Program, and the Tribal Transit Formula Grants Program.
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure's Aviation Subcommittee, today joined Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) and Congressman Jesus "Chuy" Garcia (IL-04) in writing to House and Senate leaders negotiating a possible airline bailout urging them to include consumer and other protections in any deal.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced that the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) will receive a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Integrated Mobility Innovation grant for $394,000.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
"MATA is being recognized for its effectiveness, efficiency, quality and safety with this grant, which is good for Memphis and MATA riders. I'm pleased this funding will support good MATA jobs."
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today questioned Amtrak Executive Vice President Stephen Gardner at a Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials hearing, about the suspension of dining car service on some long-distance Amtrak routes.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today questioned expert witnesses at a Subcommittee on Aviation hearing on "The Airline Passenger Experience: What It Is and What It Can Be."
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the House Transportation Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials, today wrote to Amtrak President and CEO Richard Anderson to ask for accurate and credible evidence that the Amtrak ridership supports decisions to end dining car service on some long-distance routes.