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[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Girls Inc. of Memphis received a $372,960.00 federal Talent Search grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant will be used to strengthen the organization’s Education Talent Search (ETS) program which helps low-income, first-generation college bound students in grades 9-12 develop an awareness for the importance of postsecondary education.

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – In the wake of the police shootings of Alton Sperling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota, there has been a surge in support in Congress for a bill to help reform policing and restore trust. The number of cosponsors of the Police Training and Independent Review Act (H.R. 2302) has grown from 62 cosponsors before the shooting of Alton Sterling on July 5^th to 93 cosponsors today.

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Last night, the House of Representatives passed a bipartisan amendment to the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill offered by Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL) to increase funding for the Historic Preservation Fund by $2 million to be used for competitive grants to preserve the sites and stories of the Civil Rights Movement.

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, asked Attorney General Loretta Lynch today about the recent surge in support in Congress for the Police Training and Independent Review Act (H.R. 2302), as well as the Department of Justice’s investigation into the shooting of Memphian Darrius Stewart. The questions occurred at a House Judiciary Committee hearing.

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – As a tragic week laced with deadly violence both against and by police draws to a close, support for a bill to help reform policing and restore trust continues to gain momentum in Congress. On Friday, the number of cosponsors of the Police Training and Independent Review Act (H.R. 2302) grew to 70.