Press Releases
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.
MEMPHIS –Today, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced Tennessee gained 80,100 jobs this year since President Biden took office, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Congressman Cohen, a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, helped local businesses create jobs by voting in favor of the American Rescue Plan and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, both of which were signed into law by President Biden.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) congratulated Arlisa Armstrong, the long serving Area Director for West Tennessee with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), on being named Rural Development State Director for Tennessee today by President Biden.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Tennessee communities will receive $120,833,000 for improvements to their drinking water and wastewater systems through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which he voted for and President Biden signed into law last month.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Representatives Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18) released the following statement after the White House released just 1,500 documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, leaving more than 10,000 documents either partially redacted or withheld entirely: