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MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and its Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, today discussed Memphis' priorities for the upcoming Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) and questioned expert witnesses about considering climate change and environmental justice impacts during the nationwide permitting process.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today wrote to state Representative Curtis Johnson, chairman of the House Select Committee on Redistricting, urging the Committee to focus on the "shared needs and values of constituents within each community," and include the entirety of Memphis in a single compact and contiguous congressional district.
Congressman Cohen's letter reads in part:
Study involves role of obesity
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $639,058 grant from the National Cancer Institute to conduct research on a project entitled "Managing Obesity by Leveraging Health Information Technology to Lower Cancer Risk."
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today highlighted a new report from the White House outlining how he delivered nearly double the regular annual investment t
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis will be receiving a $700,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "CAREER: Exocyclic Imine Ligands for Electron Transfer" under the direction of Dr. Kensha Clark in the Department of Chemistry.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Porter-Leath Inc. will receive a $1,251,110 grant to operate its Early Head Start Programs in Shelby County from the Administration for Children and Families Office of Head Start.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the Memphis Housing Authority will receive a grant of $244,513 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to hire one service coordinator under its Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Service Coordinators (ROSS-SC) Program.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division (MLGW) will receive $1,012,232 in funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for electrical distribution repairs following last April's snow and ice storm.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today announced that Shelby County will receive a $1.2 million grant from the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Assistance for substance abuse treatment for people formerly convicted of non-violent crimes.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today celebrated President Biden's signing into law his bill naming the Memphis federal building exclusively for the late U.S. District Judge Odell Horton. The action removes the name of the former Klansman and Congressman Clifford Davis from the downtown federal office building and courthouse.