Press Releases
Congressman Cohen served as a keynote speaker for the Vida Foundation’s international symposium on the abolition of slavery and the slave trade on Friday, December 5. The speech was well-received and the audience included prominent members of the Spanish Government and some of the top attorneys in Madrid.
“More than one third of our 1.5 million American troops have served at least two tours in the recent war efforts,” said Congressman Cohen. “Sadly, many of them leave behind young children wondering why their parent had to go away. These children face serious challenges and they need the love and support of their neighbors and communities. Thankfully, there are options to help young children cope with the strain of having a parent deployed abroad.”
From The Forward:
Today, we learned that more Americans are filing for unemployment benefits than at any time since the 1992 recession. Congress has reconvened because we anticipated how this unprecedented economic crisis would affect workers, and I am hopeful that we will be able to extend unemployment insurance for the growing number of jobless workers in the next few days. I applaud President Bush for supporting Congressional Democrats on this critical issue.
Each November, Americans come together to remember our veterans who have served the nation, often at great risk, and those who we have lost for the cause of our freedom. The debt owed to these 24 million American veterans is immeasurable. In the 9th District, we have lost 10 brave young men in Iraq and Afghanistan, and on this day, may we pray for their families and honor their service in defense of the United States.
The EDI program provides grants to local governments to enhance both the security of loans guaranteed through the Section 108 Loan Program and the feasibility of the economic development and revitalization projects they finance. The Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program is a source of financing allotted for economic development, housing rehabilitation, public facilities rehabilitation and construction for the benefit of low- to moderate-income families and to aid in the prevention of slums.
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, a division of HHS, granted the new award to Dr. Kristin Hamre, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the UT-HSC College of Medicine. This grant will fund biological research centered on the interaction between genetics and the nervous system being directed by Dr. Hamre.