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MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) learned of the passing of revered Whitehaven pharmacist Dr. Charles Champion at the age of 92, and made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a $764,284 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for research on the structure and functional mechanism involved with molecular chaperones and protein kinases.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Shelby County’s Ryan White HIV Emergency Relief Program will receive a $1,217,533 from the Health Resources and Services Administration.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – On Wednesday, January 18, Congressman Cohen and leaders of Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital will discuss the two new ambulances for which he was able to secure funding this year through the congressional appropriations process. The media are welcome.
What: A press conference on two new ambulances secured for Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released a statement commemorating the Monday, January 16, observation of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) learned of the death of Lisa Marie Presley this evening and released the following statement:
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today re-introduced the Safer Streets Act, which would create a new grant program to support local communities with high rates of violent crime, including the hiring of additional law enforcement officers and providing resources to community-based violence prevention programs.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today spoke from the floor against H. Con. Res. 3, a resolution condemning violence and property damage against pro-life organizations, then voted against the one-sided measure. The vote on passage was 222 to 209.
In his floor remarks, Congressman Cohen said in part:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) went to the House floor Tuesday to condemn Republican rules passed in the opening legislative actions of the Republican majority, including passage of a measure to revoke spending for the IRS to go after tax cheats.
In his remarks, Congressman Cohen said in part:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded Regional One Medical Center funding for 2.33 new medical residency positions through the Department of Health and Human Services Direct Graduate Medical Education Program. It has also awarded the medical center funding for 2.33 positions and its Indirect Graduate Medical Education Program.