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MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, today spoke at a virtual hearing of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE-PA) about his new role as the assembly’s special representative for political prisoners.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $507,693 grant for ethanol research involving the arteries and brain from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
“I am always pleased to see scientific research investments in our Memphis medical school. The research that this supports will improve health outcomes and potentially save lives.”
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MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Porter-Leath Inc. will receive a $2,155,713 grant from the Administration for Children and Families Office of Head Start to operate its Early Head Start programs in Shelby County.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) recognized the annual Labor Day holiday on Monday, September 5, with the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Porter-Leath Inc. will receive a $1,340,187 grant from the Administration for Children and Families Office of Head Start to operate its Head Start Programs in Shelby County.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
Today, Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) are leading their colleagues in a bicameral letter expressing their serious concerns regarding the final rule on rear underride protection recently issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on June 30th.
As a victim of childhood polio in the 1950s, I read with particularly keen interest "To Stop the Spread of Polio, Don't Shame Religious Groups," by Jeneen Interlandi (Opinion, Aug. 18).
August 26, 2022 |
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MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) tonight commended FedEx founder Fred Smith and Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Taylor Branch and Isabel Wilkerson on being named the 2022 winners of the National Civil Rights Museum's prestigious Freedom Award.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement: