Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) is on a learning tour in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo with Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ-10), Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA-7), Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson, Randy Wade (Congressman Cohen’s District Director), and others. The trip was organized by CARE – a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty -- and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded two new federal grants worth more than $682,000 for clinical research related to neurological disorders. The first grant is worth $382,813 and has been awarded to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The second grant -- worth $300,000 – will go to Translational Sciences of Overton Park Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded two new federal grants worth more than $682,000 for clinical research related to neurological disorders. The first grant is worth $382,813 and has been awarded to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The second grant -- worth $300,000 – will go to Translational Sciences of Overton Park Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee.
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 three grants worth $590,428. Two grants worth $220,792 and $74,792 will be used to expand research into neurological disorders and will be distributed by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). The third grant – worth $294,844 – will be used for aging research and will be distributed by the National Institute on Aging (NIA).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced Independent Bank – a Memphis-based community bank – will receive $34.9 million from the U.S. Department of the Treasury through the Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF) to increase their lending to small businesses, expand their operations and create new jobs.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of the Treasury has approved applications for State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) funding for 11 states -- including Tennessee, which will receive $29.7 million. This new federal funding will help create new private sector jobs and spur additional small-business lending.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital a grant worth $437,500 for research into diabetes, endocrinology, and metabolism. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) will distribute the award.
MEMPHIS, TN – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted a waiver until August 31 to allow winter-grade fuel to be sold in Shelby County in the wake of the Valero refinery explosion, which has created a reduced fuel supply throughout the region. Yesterday the Congressman sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson expressing his support for Governor Bill Haslam’s request for a waiver. Attached is the letter EPA sent granting the waiver.
MEMPHIS, TN – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today received the 2011 Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award from the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC). This is National Community Health Centers Week and the Memphis Congressman was attending the opening of the Christ Community Health Services University Family Medicine Center on Union Avenue.
MEMPHIS, TN – DaVita Inc., a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), announced that U.S. Representative Steve Cohen, from Tennessee’s 9th District, visited the Memphis Central–Linden Dialysis Center today to meet patients and care givers and learn about dialysis and particular kidney care needs for local residents.