Shelby County

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today noted that the U.S. Supreme Court by tradition waits until late June of its term to release opinions in major cases. The three cases decided today are an indication that tradition still stands. The court’s April 29 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, a major voting rights case, was an exception, and followed a successful referendum in Virginia that increased the number of Democratic-leaning districts in Congress.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today wrote to Governor Bill Lee urging him to reverse a directive for the Tennessee Department of Health to report immigrant parents and their children who are on the Department’s Children’s Special Services (CSS) Program beyond June 30 to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for deportation. 

The letter reads in part:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Heath Science Center (UTHSC) will receive two grants totaling $1,854,709 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

The first, for $1,344,117, from the Office of the Director of the NIH, is for solution-oriented research identifying early-life modifiable risk factors for obesity and mental health problems in children under the director of Dr. Qi Zhao, a professor of Preventive Medicine.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) was notified Tuesday that he has received a 100 percent on the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Legislative Scorecard. The 901,831-member union cited Congressman Cohen’s recent vote on the Faster Labor Contracts Act which was passed through the discharge petition process on June 9 when Republican leaders refused to bring it to the floor for a vote.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today applauded the decision of the Tennessee Department of Transportation, announced Thursday, to expedite repairs to Elvis Presley Boulevard. He also thanked Daily Memphian columnist Geoff Calkins and state Senator Raumesh Akbari for calling attention to the long-delayed project in a story published Friday.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today led a letter with Congresswomen Valerie Foushee (NC-4) and Debbie Dingell (MI-6) to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin urging him to withdraw a proposal to weaken federal safeguards regulating coal ash pollution. The letter has 30 additional Congressional co-signers.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a grant of $599,826 for its Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program under the direction of Dr. Susan Neely-Barnes. The funding is from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

“Federal investments in workforce development lead to greater productivity and higher job satisfaction. I congratulate the University for seeking and securing this grant funding.”

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive three grants totaling $1,820,304 from three National Institutes of Health (NIH).