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WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), who has raised his strong opposition to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) being in Memphis on the House floor, in House Judiciary committee proceedings and in letters urging the immediate removal of ICE, made the following statement after hearing about an ICE raid at a bar on Macon Road in Memphis:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Administration has approved two requests from the Tennessee Department of Human Services to loosen restrictions on the timely request for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) replacement benefits due to the major storm damage last Saturday, August 22. The second waiver authorizes replacement of those benefits.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Tipton County, Covington and Munford will share $4,222,558 in grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The City of Covington will receive $3,743,581 to build a multi-purpose facility that can double as a Community Safe Room adjacent to the Covington Police Station. Its maximum occupancy would be 736.
Tipton County will receive $299,171 and Munford will receive $179,606 for weather warning and alert systems.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
Dear Friend,
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $1 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to expand the maternity care workforce under the direction of Dr. Mary Fouquier of the College of Nursing. Congressman Cohen also announced Methodist Le Bonheur Community Outreach will receive a grant of $450,000 for its Delta Region Maternal Care Coordination Program from HRSA.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) announced today that Memphis Shelby County Schools, Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW) and the Southwest Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation, with offices in Covington, will receive a total of $916,030 to address storm disaster-related expenses from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today wrote to Governor Bill Lee urging him to seek assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after Saturday’s devastating storm.
The letter reads in part:
Dear Friend,
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Chip Roy (TX-21) today reintroduced the Assuring Robust, Thorough, and Informed Congressional Leadership is Exercised Over National Emergencies (ARTICLE ONE) Act, legislation that would require Congress to approve national emergency declarations and the powers used under them within 30 days for them to remain in effect. When first introduced in the last Congress, the bill passed out of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in September 2024.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive three National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants totaling $1,882,804. Two of the grants, from the National Cancer Institute, will fund projects supported by the 21st Century Cures Act, authorizing what’s referred to as the Beau Biden Moonshot. Congressman Cohen voted for the legislation in 2016.
A third NIH grant, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will support research on enhanced T-cell function.