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 – Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-9) and David Kustoff (TN-8) today announced that the state of Tennessee will receive a grant of $5,896,203 from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to expand the West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery on Forest Hill Irene Road. The state will also be reimbursed for the $4,095,510 cost of fabricating and delivering burial receptacles used for the project. The grant will fund 6,470 pre-placed crypts, 880 columbarium niches, landscaping and irrigation.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Shelby County will receive a $7,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for air quality sensors in low-income and disadvantaged communities. The funding for the grant came from the Inflation Reduction Act that Congressman Cohen voted for.
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MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art will receive a $250,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to accommodate its move to a new facility on the Memphis riverfront. The grant is being matched with $429,469 from other supporters.
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that two University of Memphis professors will receive $525,000 in grants from the National Science Foundation. Thomas Goebel, an assistant professor at the University’s Center for Earthquake Research and Information, will receive grants of $425,000 and $50,000 for seismic research projects. Jessica Jennings, an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, will receive $50,000 to study improved tissue regeneration.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today reintroduced the Police Training and Independent Review Act. The measure would require enrollees at law enforcement academies to receive sensitivity training on ethics and racial bias, cultural diversity, and police interaction with the people with disabilities, those in a mental health crisis, and new immigrants.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s 56-nation Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on Political Prisoners, today welcomed news that three journalists and Paul Whelan, wrongly detained and imprisoned by Russian authorities on trumped-up charges, have been released in a prisoner exchange.
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a $475,020 grant to study aspects of red blood cell production from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
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MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Shelby County Board of Education will receive a $367,500 grant to improve adolescent health from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Chronic Diseases Prevention and Health Promotion.
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MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today endorsed President Biden’s proposed U.S. Supreme Court reforms. The proposal includes an 18-year term limit for members, a binding code of ethics like the one established for all other federal judges, and a reversal of the disastrous presidential immunity doctrine adopted earlier this month by the conservative supermajority.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced that the Tennessee and Arkansas Departments of Transportation were successful in securing $393,750,000 for a new Interstate 55 Bridge over the Mississippi River at Memphis to be known as America’s River Crossing.