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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a federal Department of Transportation (DOT) grant of $3,113,175 to develop a Post-Crash Care Safety Action Plan and conduct demonstration activities at its Millington campus evaluating trauma care, dispatch, traffic accident management and incident command performance. Shelby County Government will receive a DOT grant of $640,000 to review and evaluate alternatives for three high-priority highway-rail crossings and look at the safety of 23 others.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) introduced his 500th Legislative measure in Congress this week with a bill to revamp the regulation of controlled substances. Since entering Congress in 2007, he has cosponsored more legislation – by far – than any other member with 8,539 measures.
Congressman Cohen, who will retire at the end of his term, made the following statement:
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a co-chairman of the Congressional Collegiate Sports Caucus long concerned about traumatic brain injuries in football, released the following statement after recent high-profile injuries:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee and a co-chairman of the Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus, has introduced the Public Health and Research Reforms in Controlled Substances Act (CSA). The comprehensive measure revises major portions of the 1970 CSA, updating the federal drug-regulation framework to align with public health, equal justice, and scientific accuracy goals.
On the occasion of the International Day of Political Prisoners (30 October), PACE’s General Rapporteur on Political Prisoners, Azadeh Rojhan (Sweden, SOC), and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on Political Prisoners, Steve Cohen (United States of America), made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Representatives Steve Cohen (TN-9), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) and Bobby Scott (VA-3) have introduced the Death in Custody Reporting Reform Act (DCRRA) to correct deficient and incomplete reporting of deaths on law enforcement custody despite prior efforts to assure accurate reporting in the Death in Custody Reporting acts of 2000 and 2013.
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), Congressman Andrew Garbarino (NY-2) and Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-3) today introduced the Mobile Stroke Units Improve Health Outcomes Act, legislation creating incentives for deploying mobile stroke units and providing Medicare reimbursement for their services.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
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