Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) recently sent a letter to Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) expressing its support for legislation he authored – the Citizen Participation Act (H.R. 4364). The measure would provide uniform protection against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, also known as SLAPP suits, which are used to silence and harass critics.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Shelby County today received designation as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). This Federal designation will further the development of joint drug control efforts by federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement officers in the region and allow them to benefit from ongoing HIDTA initiatives. Congressman Steve Cohen issued a letter requesting the designation in April.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In advance of tomorrow’s 75th Anniversary of Social Security, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today released the following statement commemorating the program and its benefits. The economic security program for seniors -- the Social Security Act -- was signed into law on August 14, 1935.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced the National Civil Rights Museum was awarded $750,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to establish an endowment fund dedicated to educational programming.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today issued a letter to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. requesting an investigation into voter irregularities that occurred during the Memphis and Shelby County elections held on August 5. A copy of the letter is listed below:
A copy of the letter is listed below:
August 11, 2010
The Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr.
Attorney General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530
Dear Attorney General Holder:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was awarded $435,000 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The new federal funding will help finance continued research into the effects of molecular control of TCR signaling and function on the immune system.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today passed for the second time this Congress legislation Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) authored – the Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage (SPEECH) Act – that protects American authors, journalists and publishers from foreign defamation judgments that undermine the First Amendment and American due process standards. The measure, which the Senate amended and passed last week, now heads to President Obama to be signed into law.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center was awarded $224,484 in new federal funding by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) to support alcohol research programs.
“The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is one of our country’s premier research centers,” said Congressman Cohen. “This new federal funding will help expand our understanding of the dangers and effects of alcohol consumption.”
Washington, D.C .— U.S. Representatives Albio Sires (D-NJ), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Laura Richardson (D-CA), and Adam Smith (D-WA) recently introduced legislation to create a national freight transportation policy. The “Focusing Resources, Economic Investment, and Guidance to Help Transportation (FREIGHT) Act of 2010” will implement a strategic plan to guide the goods movement, create an office devoted to freight planning within the Department of Transportation (DOT), and establish a competitive grant program for freight transportation projects.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Education has awarded Memphis City Schools $592,056 in new federal funding under the agency’s School Leadership Program to recruit, train and mentor principals and assistant principals.
“The School Leadership Program will provide invaluable resources to principals and school administrators in Memphis,” said Congressman Cohen. “With these new federal funds, Memphis City Schools will be able to educate a new generation of leaders.”