Press Releases
“Considering the sacrifice our National Guardsmen and Reservists are making on our country’s behalf overseas, it is only fair and right that we help them during the bankruptcy process,” said Congressman Cohen.
The new grant funding will be used to hire and staff three Service Coordinator positions for three years. The coordinators, who will be assigned to help residents at Foote Homes, Montgomery Plaza, and G.E. Patterson Pointe, will coordinate support services and other activities designed to help residents achieve economic independence and housing self-sufficiency.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) is leading a fact-finding mission in Israel, the West Bank and Egypt and meeting with foreign leaders to discuss Mideast peace efforts.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today reintroduced legislation to combat infant mortality. The NEWBORN Act would address the growing problem of infant mortality through a national pilot program to promote pre-natal care, community outreach and youth education.
Below is the text of the letter:
June 1, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) recently received a 100 percent on the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) Compassion Index – a legislative scorecard – for the 112th Congress.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Science Center $370,000 for glaucoma research. The new federal funds will be distributed by the National Eye Institute (NEI).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In advance of Monday’s observance of Memorial Day, Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) released the following statement: