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As a fourth-generation Memphian, I have dedicated my life to public service in Memphis and Shelby County. My work has defined my life and affected the lives of people in Memphis, across Tennessee and now across America throughout my career in national, state and local politics.
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MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced a $2,297,118 grant to enhance the resilience of the Regional Biocontainment Lab at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced three National Institutes of Health grants totaling $2,203,064 to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). One, for $1,505,914, is for research to identify early-life modifiable risk factors for obesity and mental health problems in children, from the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health. The second, for $385,000, is for the study of antagonists for ischemic stroke from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced two grants from the National Institutes of Health. One, for $500,500, is for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for a project entitled “Mechanisms of Sonic Hedgehog Signal Transduction” from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. The second, for $423,500, is for research on periodontal ligament regeneration, from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) this evening updated a previous statement on today’s gunfire at Margolin Hebrew Academy after new details about the alleged shooter began to emerge. He made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a $220,133 grant from the National Science Foundation for research on privacy in the transmission of encrypted data over wide-area networks. The research is being conducted by Professor Christos Papadopoulos, who holds the Sparks Family Chair of Excellence in Global Research Leadership in the Department of Computer Science.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today reacted with shock and sadness after hearing that the Margolin Hebrew Academy-Feinstone Yeshiva of the South on White Station was reportedly hit by gunfire this afternoon, and made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), who represents Memphis, today welcomed today’s announcement that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will investigate if the Memphis Police Department has a “pattern and practice” of discrimination in policing.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) today introduced the bicameral Equal Employment for All Act, which would prohibit employers from using credit reports to evaluate job applicants.
Congressman Cohen, who has introduced the measure in each of the past five Congresses, made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today offered an amended version of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Salary Transparency Act that he and Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-2) introduced last week at a markup of the legislation. The full committee passed the bill by a voice vote, and it is now eligible for consideration by the full House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today questioned Drug Enforcement Administrator Anne Milgram about the need to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level and about the agency’s approach to stopping fentanyl trafficking. Milgram was testifying at a Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance oversight hearing.