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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) recognized Teacher Appreciation Week and released the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the House Transportation Committee's Aviation Subcommittee, joined Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao today in announcing the selection of the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority's application to operate as a test site for integrating unmanned aircraft systems into the nation's airspace.
The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program (UASIPP) will demonstrate new and expanded commercial drone systems and expedite their safe use.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced Wednesday that the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has presented a grant for $717,765 to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). This money will be used to advance research on angiotensins and prostaglandins-adrenergic interactions.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) condemned in the strongest terms President Trump's wrongheaded decision today to abandon the Iran nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) negotiated with our closest allies and warned that it makes the world less safe. He made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a grant of $8,872 to Rhodes College undergraduate research student Phillips Hutchison. This federal funding will support Mr. Hutchison's participation in the NIST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program in Boulder, CO to explore how nonlinear photonics make a frequency comb.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the Aviation Subcommittee, hailed this morning's House passage of the bipartisan SEAT Act, which will require the FAA to establish minimum seat sizes and minimum distances between rows to protect the health and safety of passengers. The bill passed the House as part of a broader Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization package by a vote of 393 to 13.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today applauded House passage of the Music Modernization Act, a bill updating provisions of federal copyright law to account for the transformation of the music industry by the internet, music streaming and smart phones. It also expands federal copyright protection to pre-1972 sound recordings to ensure that legacy artists are appropriately compensated for the use of their work. The measure passed 415 to 0.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) went to the House floor this afternoon to commend recent acts of heroism by Southwest Airlines Pilot Tammie Jo Shults and Waffle House patron James Shaw Jr. whose courageous acts saved lives. See his remarks here.
"Malevolent actions and accidents give an opportunity for people to rise to heroic actions," Congressman Cohen said. "America is a country familiar with heroes."
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