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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced a $611,240 grant to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) to study the regulation of kidney function and blood pressure in aging populations. The funding comes from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today congratulated U.S. Attorney Kevin G. Ritz on his nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and commended President Biden for naming an “eminently qualified candidate.”
Congressman Cohen, a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, made the following statement:
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, and today urged Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Chair Joe Ritch and President Jeffrey Lyash not to move forward with a new 1,500 megawatt gas plant and 122-mile pipeline based on an incomplete and insufficient environmental impact statement, which has been called out directly by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its inadequacy.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will provide $3,355,166 for repairs to damage to the Memphis Light, Gas, and Water (MLGW) Division headquarters building and garage sustained by winter storms in February 2021.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), and the Commission’s Chairman Joe Wilson (SC-2), plan to introduce a resolution Tuesday expressing the sense of Congress that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not be recognized by the United States beyond May 7, 2024.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) must postpone a scheduled Thursday morning, March 14, press conference with the leaders of the Agape Child and Family Services and CodeCrew due to unforeseen circumstances. The event, which was to call attention to $1 million he has secured for the job-training partnership, will be rescheduled.
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WASHINGTON – Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Richard Hudson (NC-09) today announced the official relaunch of the Congressional Global Road Safety Caucus. The Caucus will continue to bring awareness to road safety initiatives and mobilize Congressional support to tackle the significant domestic and global health and safety crisis. Congressmen Hudson and Cohen will serve as Co-Chairs.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today questioned Special Counsel Robert K. Hur, who exonerated President Biden of criminally mishandling classified information after serving as Vice President.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Memphis and Shelby County Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) will receive a Neighborhood Access and Equity (NAE) grant of $2,693,160 for the Over and Under I-40 project, in which the CRA will lead a community-driven planning effort to mitigate the impacts of Interstate 40 (I-40) for seven historically African American and disadvantaged North Memphis neighborhoods including Klondike, Smokey City, New Chicago, North Parkway-Forest, Speedway Terrace, Medical District and Crosstown.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today applauded the passage of his TVA Salary Transparency Act, which would reinstate and modernize the Tennessee Valley Authority’s annual reporting requirement to Congress on its management structure and on the compensation of its top executives and managers. Specifically, the legislation would correct a change enacted in 1995 that removed a requirement to disclose the management structure and salaries of TVA executives as part of legislation to eliminate antiquated federal agency reporting requirements.