Shelby County

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today hosted a telephone Town Hall on Jobs, improving the economy, Medicare, Social Security and other important issues for approximately 45 minutes between 6:10 p.m. and 7:10 p.m. CT. More than 6,000 constituents from the 9th Congressional District participated in the call.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families has awarded a federal grant worth $797,809 to the Shelby County Government for Project Motivating Offenders Succeeding Tomorrow (MOST), an initiative that was established to reduce recidivism through improving inmates’ parenting skills, committed relationships, and job security.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Science Center $148,000 to study the role of the thalamus in taste processing. The new federal funds will be distributed by the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). NIDCD is mandated to conduct and support biomedical and behavioral research and research training in the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech and language.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Education has awarded Southwest Tennessee Community College $1,250,000 over five years under the Predominantly Black Institutions (PBI) Competitive Grant Program.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today held a Congressional Lunch Briefing on Infant Mortality with film producer Tonya Lewis Lee and spoke at a Congressional Black Caucus health care forum with Congressman John Conyers (D-MI-14). Congressman Cohen’s office coordinated the Capitol Hill infant mortality briefing with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health and the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital a grant worth $709,574 for research into the regulation of lipid metabolism in bacteria. The new federal funding will be distributed by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIMGS).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital a federal grant worth $393,750 for research into the role Coenzyme A plays in the regulation of human metabolism. The award will be distributed by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded $6,832,954 to Memphis International Airport for overall upgrades that include improving terminal buildings and taxiways as well as security enhancements.