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WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive two grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The first, an $894,735 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), is for research into a novel imaging agent to delineate osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease. The second, a $277,500 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), is for research related to epilepsy.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today received a perfect 100 percent score from the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) for its 2024 National Environmental Scorecard. Congressman Cohen's score was the highest awarded to a member of Tennessee's Congressional Delegation.
None of the other eight members of the House of Representatives from Tennessee, all Republicans, received higher than a 6 percent score, and four received zeroes.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today spoke from the House floor and later voted against the Republican budget resolution for the Fiscal Year 2025 that also sets budget levels through 2034.
The measure passed on a 217 to 215 vote.
In his floor speech, Congressman Cohen said in part:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) tonight held a telephone town hall meeting to discuss issues on the minds of his constituents as the second month of the tumultuous second Trump term got under way with slashes in federal jobs and programs and harm to the reputation of the United States in the world.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today responded to the 51-49 Senate vote confirming Kash Patel as the next Director of the FBI, and made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) has been appalled at a series of President Trump’s dangerous and illegal actions and has created a “Tracker” page on his official web site to keep track of them.
Please consider going to Cohen.House.gov/TrumpAdminTracker to see the full listing and latest updates.
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MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), who asked Governor Bill Lee to reconsider a decision not to participate a summer food program for children then released a statement saying his decision was “cruel,” tonight condemned the inadequate alternative summer food program the governor has proposed.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the House Ranking Member on the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, made the following statement on his support for Ukraine as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly prepares to meet in Vienna:
I am committed to ensuring that people in Memphis and TN-9 have the resources they need to navigate the challenges posed by new policies from the Trump-Vance Administration. I’ve put together this guide as a resource for connecting people with services and support. I’m also keeping track of some of Trump’s most harmful executive actions, as well as our work to stop them and legal action being taken against them. Click here to read more.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee, made the following statement after learning Monday that the Trump-Musk Administration plans to make drastic cuts to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) workforce: