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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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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, today spoke to expert witnesses at a hearing entitled “Supporting a Democratic and Secure Moldova.”
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today questioned FBI Director Christopher Wray, and called out Republican attacks on the Bureau that are putting agents in danger.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) has written a second letter to Sterilization Services of Tennessee General Manager David Connor demanding an explanation for why the company’s facility in Memphis has not taken action to reduce ethylene oxide emissions when the company’s plants in Georgia and Virginia have taken proactive steps.
The letter reads in part:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $616,949 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for an instrument called a Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorter.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $504,020 grant from the National Cancer Institute to study glioblastoma chemosensitivity.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – In advance of Tuesday’s observance of America’s 247th birthday, Congressman Cohen (TN-9) released the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a strong supporter of President Biden’s plan to erase $10,000 in student loan debt, and up to $20,000 for recipients of Pell grants, today expressed his dismay at another Supreme Court ruling that will hurt millions of Americans. Congressman Cohen held an online webinar last October with a senior U.S. Department of Education official to go over the application procedure.
WASHINGTON – Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm traveled to Riverview Elementary School earlier today to announce that it and its Middle School have been selected as one of 24 schools across the country to have major energy-savings renovations made under the Department’s Renew America’s Schools Program.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $741,494 grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to address “System-Level Barriers and Improve Medication Adherence in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Populations.”
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today condemned the 6-3 majority opinion striking down affirmative action in college admissions and rolling back decades of legal precedent.