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[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) welcomed recent White Station High School graduate Aylen Mercado to his Capitol Hill office to congratulate the student on winning this year’s Congressional Art Competition. As the Ninth District’s winner, Ms. Mercado’s piece, a mixed media of chalk pasted on black paper entitled “A Moment in the Life of a Memphis Bus Rider,” will hang in public view on Capitol Hill for the next year. A photo of Ms.
Dear Friend,
I am writing you from Charleston, South Carolina, where I joined President Obama and Members of Congress today in paying my respects to the victims of the Charleston Church shooting. This week, we saw a number of changes in our country, the Supreme Court ruled that Memphians can keep the healthcare subsidies they receive through the Affordable Care Act and also ruled that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry in all 50 states, and Governor Haslam called for the Confederate flag to be removed from Tennessee license plates.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, issued the following statement reacting to the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v Hodges ruling that affirmed the constitutional right of same-sex couples to marry and have their marriages recognized by states. This ruling also decides the Tanko v. Haslam case in which a Memphis couple, Thom Kostura and Ijpe DeKoe (an Army Reserve sergeant), married in New York and then relocated—on military orders—to Memphis.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) issued the following statement reacting to the Supreme Court’s King v. Burwell ruling that upheld the health insurance subsidies provided to millions of Americans through the Affordable Care Act:
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) issued the following statement commemorating the 150th anniversary of Juneteenth and recognized the 22nd Annual Celebration of the Juneteenth Urban Music Festival, formerly known as the Memphis Juneteenth Freedom & Heritage Festival. Juneteenth, observed on June 19th each year, is the oldest nationally-celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced 4 federal grants totaling $2,936,706 in funding for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This funding comes through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and will be used for a variety of programs and research projects.
“This funding will be used to continue important work at St. Jude, one of the world’s finest health care institutions,” said Congressman Cohen.
Today’s announcement includes funding for the following St. Jude projects:
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Following the release of a new report on the costs states failing to expand their Medicaid programs, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) issued the following statement.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Late this evening, the U.S. House of Representatives approved on a voice vote an amendment to the 2016 Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations bill authored by Congressman Steve Cohen’s (TN-09) to secure $4 million for to local law enforcement agencies working to reduce their backlogs of untested rape kits. Untested rape kits are a significant public safety hazard that prevents law enforcement from apprehending violent criminals, increases the risk of additional crimes, and robs victims of the justice they deserve.