Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced Tipton County will receive funding of $125,791 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to repair roads and embankments damaged in the straight-line winds and tornadoes of April 2025. The figure represents 75 percent of the total of costs incurred.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced two National Institutes of Health grants to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and one to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC).
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) announced that the Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division (MLGW) will be reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for 75 percent of its cost to repair the power grid infrastructure damaged in storms and flooding in April of last year. That amounts to $1,850,109 for removal and replacement of utility poles, transformers, wire and other materials and the labor required to restore power.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme today affirmed the long-held principle that children born in the United States are citizens. It also ruled in a major campaign finance case and barred transgender athletes from girls’ sports.
Congressman Cohen, a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive two National Science Foundation grants totaling nearly $950,000.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Memphis-based Fair Break Federal Credit Union will receive a $25,000 Community Development Revolving Loan Fund technical assistance grant from the National Credit Union Administration.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced five National Institutes of Health grants totaling $2,882,421 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The congressman announced three grants from the National Cancer Institute to St.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced six National Institutes of Health grants totaling $2,843,327 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The congressman announced three grants from the National Cancer Institute to St. Jude, totaling $1,172,297, on Monday.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today reintroduced the Latonya Reeves Freedom Act, assuring that the Supreme Court’s Olmstead ruling, giving the disabled the qualified right to receive the services they need in a setting of their choice, is honored. The measure was introduced with 48 bipartisan House cosponsors.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive three grants from the National Cancer Institute totaling $1,172,297.