Press Releases
MEMPHIS, TN -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was awarded $371,875 in funding for biological research related to deafness and other communicative disorders. The funding was awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
“This grant will help our doctors and scientists at St. Jude better understand the communicative disorders, including deafness, that affect millions of people around the globe,” said Congressman Cohen.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Danny Davis (IL-07) hosted a Congressional briefing in front of a standing-room-only audience on “The Crushing Burden of Private Student Loan Debt.”
“With students relying more and more on student loans to pay for the rising cost of college, Congress should be looking at ways to make it easier for students to attend college,” said Congressman Cohen. “I was pleased that so many young people attended today’s briefing so they can better understand the issues that may face them upon graduation.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today sent a letter to executives at US Airways and American Airlines asking them to consider expanding their presence in Memphis. The two airlines recently agreed to a merger. Congressman Cohen’s letter is below:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced legislation -- the Preference for Local Veteran Contractors Act -- he authored to give veteran-owned businesses preference for U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) projects. The veteran-owned businesses must be headquartered within 60 miles of where the VA project is scheduled to be completed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement after voting against the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act in the House Judiciary Committee. The measure would ban abortions nationwide after 20 weeks.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today said a new report conducted by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on racial disparities in marijuana arrests across the country is proof positive current policies toward marijuana must be reformed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today said Delta Air Lines’ string of broken promises is continuing with yet another announcement by the airlines to cut more flights at Memphis International Airport (MEM), taking effect in September. Delta plans to reduce its daily departures at MEM from 94 to 60. Last year, Delta announced it would no longer continue summer service of the Memphis to Amsterdam flight.
Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement on the recent passing of Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey:
MEMPHIS, TN -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced today that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive over $430,000 in research grants from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and that the Memphis Housing Authority will receive $69,000 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive $437,500 to develop a greater understanding of cellular mechanisms of positive symptoms of schizophrenia. The grant is provided through NIMH’s Mental Health Research Grants program.
MEMPHIS, TN -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced today that HUD will provide $358,506 in grants to the Memphis VA Medical Center to offer permanent supportive housing to homeless veterans.
“It is a tragedy that so many of our veterans in Memphis and throughout the country are homeless,” said Congressman Cohen. “These grants will allow us to give back to the veterans who gave so much for us.”
The grants available through the Memphis VA Medical Center will be awarded to sixty-five homeless veterans in the Memphis area.