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February 10, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded a combined $7,860,060 in grants to Memphis and Shelby County public housing agencies under its Capital Fund program.

February 10, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) recently received a perfect score on the 2011 Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Action Fund Clean Energy and Climate Action scorecard. Congressman Cohen was the only member of the Tennessee delegation to receive a perfect score.

February 9, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today issued the following statement on today’s $26 billion settlement between the Attorneys General of 49 states, excluding Oklahoma, and the nation’s five largest mortgage lenders.

February 9, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Education has provided a waiver to Tennessee and nine other states from the approaching mandates under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law’s targets for proficiency standards for reading and math.

February 9, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today introduced the Postmark Payment Act of 2012, a bill that would require that any payment of a bill or invoice, if sent by U.S. mail, be considered sent on the date its envelope was postmarked. The bill would exempt any payment where another method, such as electronic payment, is required by regulation, contract, or law.

February 9, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today said the State Department’s Office of Inspector General report on the Keystone XL Pipeline – the “Special Review of the Keystone XL Pipeline Permit Process” – raises serious questions about the real impacts of the controversial $7-billion pipeline. The objective of the report – which was requested by Congressman Cohen, Sen.

February 8, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Science Center two federal grants totaling $428,549 for alcohol research programs.

February 8, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) today joined with Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA) in sending a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder calling for an investigation into alleged fraudulent and criminal actions of the “Mo Money Taxes” operation in Memphis, Tennessee and Norfolk, Virginia.

February 7, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today issued the following statement on news that the University of Memphis will be joining the Big East:

Issues:Memphis
February 7, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today received a 91 percent on The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) 2011 National Environmental Scorecard. LCV works to turn environmental values into national priorities and the recent Scorecard reflects the most anti-environmental session of the U.S.

Issues:Environment