Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that Memphis Seedco will receive $702,746 to help families in need and reduce poverty as part of the inaugural 2010 grant-selection process for the Social Innovation Fund of the Corporation for National and Community Service.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Science Center $438,932 for heart and vascular diseases research. The new federal funds will be distributed by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHBLI).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) was recently appointed to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, an independent U.S. Government agency created in 1976 to monitor and encourage compliance with the Helsinki Final Act and other Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) commitments.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) -- together with its affiliate the Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF) -- will present Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) with an award tonight for his leadership on animal protection legislation in 2010.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital $652,332 for HIV/AIDS research to help mothers and children combat the deadly disease. The new federal funds will be distributed by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) today announced the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded $250,000 to the Memphis Housing Authority to assist communities in developing a successful neighborhood transformation plan and building support necessary for that plan to be effectively implemented. The funds were distributed through the FY 2010 Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants Program.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) has authored legislation to establish a grant program for state and local governments to help provide mediation between homeowners and lenders in an effort to help prevent foreclosures in Memphis and across the country. The Cohen measure comes at a time when the GOP-controlled House of Representatives has spent the past two weeks passing legislation that harms homeowners -- the HAMP Termination Act of 2011 and the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program Termination Act.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) today introduced legislation he authored to ensure vital community services such as trauma centers and airports are fortified to withstand major earthquakes.