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[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Jim McDermott (WA-07) today introduced the Limiting Investor and Homeowner Loss in Foreclosure Act of 2014 to prevent foreclosures and help struggling families keep their homes. The newly-introduced legislation would encourage debtors and secured lenders to come together to discuss and secure mutually beneficial resolutions of their mortgage difficulties.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) hosted a telephone town hall this afternoon to answer his constituents’ questions about the issues facing the Ninth District and the nation. During the telephone town hall meeting, the Congressman discussed a wide variety of issues including his efforts to raise the minimum wage, this morning’s visit of Russian human rights activists Pussy Riot to the U.S. Capitol, the confirmation by the U.S.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced today that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) in Memphis has been awarded a total of $795,651 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for three projects.

“These funds will help continue the important work being done by the skilled researchers at the UT Health Science Center in Memphis,” said Congressman Cohen.

The following grant awards are included under today’s announcement:

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) hosted a telephone town hall last night to answer his constituents’ questions about the issues facing the Ninth District and the nation.

Lipman now becomes federal judge on the District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Sheryl Lipman, who Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) recommended to President Obama to fill a vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, was today confirmed by the United States Senate on an overwhelming vote of 95-0. Judge Lipman was recommended by the Congressman after he convened a diverse and bipartisan screening committee to conduct interviews of nine potential candidates for the position.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – After Republicans in the Senate blocked the consideration of an increase in the minimum wage earlier today, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) once again called on Speaker John Boehner to allow the House to vote on H.R. 1010, the Fair Minimum Wage Act, which would increase the minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $10.10 per hour and tie the wage to inflation moving forward. Increasing the minimum wage would help more than 600,000 Tennesseans and help lift as many as 4.5 million Americans out of poverty.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced today that Shelby County has been awarded $5,093,623 in federal funding to help address the HIV/AIDS epidemic and provide care for those living with HIV. This funding comes through the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, which helps local governments provide HIV-related services to more than half a million people each year who do not have sufficient health care coverage or financial resources for coping with the disease.