Shelby County

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a grant of $1,400,393 for a project promoting Black wealth advancement under the direction of Management Professor Kurt Kraiger from the U.S. Department of Commerce.

WASHINGTON – Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN), Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, along with Ranking Member Joe Wilson (R-SC), Jim Banks (R-IN), and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) issued a joint statement regarding the introduction of the bipartisan Stop Helping Adversaries Manipulate Everything (SHAME) Act. The legislation serves as a deterrent for would-be enablers of foreign governments seeking to undermine democracy, democratic institutions, and U.S.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today announced two grants from the Department of Justice totaling $1,405,946. The first, for $1,005,962, for Shelby County, is from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Program. The second, to Casa Luz, is for $399,984.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Methodist LeBonheur Community Outreach will receive a Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs grant of $900,000 for strategies to support youths exposed to violence.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation will receive a grant of $2,917,201 to address its evidence evaluation crime lab backlog. The funding comes after a significant time lapse in testing a Memphis victim’s rape kit led to the rape and murder of a Memphis kindergarten teacher.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced the Shelby County Board of Education will receive a $1 million grant from the Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention to enhance the capacity of schools to address youth violence.

 Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a vocal critic of the Tennessee Valley Authority, today introduced the TVA Reform and Consumer Protection Act that would allow greater competition inside and outside its electricity service territory by eliminating the “fence,” lowering costs to ratepayers, and subjecting the federally owned utility to much needed oversight by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, took time to advocate for a Memphis-to-Nashville Amtrak route at a hearing on “Investing in our Nation’s Transportation Infrastructure and Workers: Why it Matters.”