Tennessee
As a fourth-generation Memphian, I have dedicated my life to public service in Memphis and Shelby County. My work has defined my life and affected the lives of people in Memphis, across Tennessee and now across America throughout my career in national, state and local politics.
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[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced a new Economic Development Agency (EDA) grant for Southwest Tennessee Community College aimed at creating 52 new jobs and saving 33 more. The EDA is a part of the U.S Department of Commerce.
Tennessee hospitals and community health centers could be getting more than a half-billion dollars from the federal government over the next decade to help them recover the cost of treating patients who cannot afford to pay.
A Medicare-reform bill that is awaiting approval by the U.S. Senate would send $53 million in Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments to Tennessee hospitals each year for the next 10 years. Tennessee is the only state that doesn’t automatically receive the payments every year.
Tennessee hospitals and community health centers could be getting more than a half-billion dollars from the federal government over the next decade to help them recover the cost of treating patients who cannot afford to pay.
A Medicare-reform bill that is awaiting approval by the U.S. Senate would send $53 million in Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments to Tennessee hospitals each year for the next 10 years. Tennessee is the only state that doesn’t automatically receive the payments every year.
[MEMPHIS, TN] – With the 47th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., occurring tomorrow, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) issued the following statement to commemorate the life and work of the late Reverend:
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today joined Mayor A C Wharton and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) General Deputy Assistant Secretary Jemine Bryon to announce a $3 million federal grant that will fund a pilot program to enroll nearly 300 Memphians at Foote Homes in job training and other programs, ultimately placing at least 60 of them in good-paying jobs in Shelby County.
[MEMPHIS, TN] - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today applauded President Obama’s decision to commute the sentences the sentences of 22 drug offenders serving sentences in federal prisons, including one Memphian who has already served nearly 20 years.
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Medical marijuana legislation led in the House by Congressmen Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Don Young (R-AK) and in the Senate by Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Rand Paul (R-KY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is gaining more and more bipartisan support.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-09), Danny Davis (IL-07) and Eric Swalwell (CA-15) today introduced legislation to restore fairness in student lending by treating privately issued student loans the same as other types of private debt in bankruptcy. Until 2005, this type of student loan debt was dischargeable in bankruptcy, but a change to the bankruptcy code made that year removed this consumer protection. Student loan debt now outstrips both auto loans and credit card debt as the largest form of non-mortgage consumer debt.