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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today questioned expert witnesses on intelligence and national security issues about why the Trump administration lifted export controls to allow the Chinese Communist Party to purchase high-performance but sensitive H200 GPU computer chips that can be used to strengthen the Chinese military to the detriment of the United States.
The Congressman noted that everyone who has testified before the committee has recognized the decision was a dangerous mistake, including the witnesses today.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today went to the House floor to speak on “901 Day.”
In his remarks, he said:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today wrote to Governor Bill Lee urging him again to seek assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in response to the damage done by storms on Saturday, August 22. The Congressman wrote to Lee on August 24 making the same request.
In his letter today, Congressman wrote in part:
WASHINGTON – The Republican-led Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security and Enforcement today held yet another hearing on sanctuary jurisdictions in advance of the November midterm elections. Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, questioned witnesses about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents’ accountability after killings in Minnesota and the competence of immigration policy leadership, and then focused on an incident over the weekend in Memphis.
In his remarks, he said in part:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced two grants totaling $1,441,914 to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) from the National Cancer Institute. One, for $1,052,689, will support research into the contribution of microbial-derived metabolites to protective immunity in obesity-driven cancer risk under the direction of Dr. Liza Makowski-Hayes. Her group will work to address the questions: how and to what extent are the underlying mechanisms of obesity-mediated increases in chronic inflammation related to an increase in cancer risk?
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), who has raised his strong opposition to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) being in Memphis on the House floor, in House Judiciary committee proceedings and in letters urging the immediate removal of ICE, made the following statement after hearing about an ICE raid at a bar on Macon Road in Memphis:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Administration has approved two requests from the Tennessee Department of Human Services to loosen restrictions on the timely request for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) replacement benefits due to the major storm damage last Saturday, August 22. The second waiver authorizes replacement of those benefits.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $1 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to expand the maternity care workforce under the direction of Dr. Mary Fouquier of the College of Nursing. Congressman Cohen also announced Methodist Le Bonheur Community Outreach will receive a grant of $450,000 for its Delta Region Maternal Care Coordination Program from HRSA.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) announced today that Memphis Shelby County Schools, Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW) and the Southwest Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation, with offices in Covington, will receive a total of $916,030 to address storm disaster-related expenses from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today wrote to Governor Bill Lee urging him to seek assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after Saturday’s devastating storm.
The letter reads in part: