Press Releases
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will send $12,795,521 to a variety of homelessness programs in Memphis and Shelby County, part of the largest investment in homelessness in history. Tennessee programs statewide will receive $41,382,540. In all, the Biden-Harris administration will award nearly $3.6 billion for almost 7,000 homelessness Continuum of Care programs nationwide.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced a $1,999,581 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to the University of Memphis for a project titled “S-STEM Bridging the Gaps: Cultivating STEM Identity and Success through STEM Outreach, Networking, and Scholarships,” under the direction of Dr. Stephanie Ivey, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Civil Engineering.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced a $231,000 research grant to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) from the National Eye Institute. The project is titled “a generalizable deep learning platform for unifying quantification of experimental autoimmune uveitis.”
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen, a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today introduced the Constitutional Emoluments Protection of American Interests Act, a measure to prohibit federal funds being used at any property owned, managed by, or under the control of former and future President Donald J. Trump.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Blues City Cultural Center, a non-profit performing arts and visual arts organization founded in 1979, will receive a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for a project exploring the history of the Orange Mound community.
The project’s title is “This is Orange Mound: Past Reflections and Future Directions.”
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-9), Danny K. Davis (IL-7) and Eric Swalwell (CA-14) today reintroduced the Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act, a measure to provide critical relief to those in severe financial distress because of overwhelming student loan debt.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today applauded House passage of his bill, the TVA Salary Transparency Act, that he introduced with Representative Tim Burchett (TN-2). This bill aims to reinstate and modernize the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) annual reporting requirements to Congress concerning its management structure and the compensation of its top executives and managers.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Shelby County’s Ryan White HIV Emergency Relief Program will receive a $1,288,750 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement
“I am pleased to see this substantial federal investment in the health of some of the most vulnerable our community. This funding for Shelby County’s Ryan White program is critical because the Memphis region has one of the highest HIV rates in the country.”
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), who has long admired the Cuban people and has advocated for improved relations with the island nation, today applauded President Biden’s decision to lift its “state sponsor of terrorism” designation applied by Donald Trump in early 2021.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today commended President Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, and the whole National Security team for the successful negotiations that led to today’s hostage release and ceasefire agreement in the Israel-Hamas war.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement: