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WASHINGTON – Congressman Cohen applauded the Biden Administration for taking steps to protect consumers from airline fees. Today's executive order directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue new rules demanding airlines to quickly refund fees if baggage is delayed or if other services, such as wireless internet or in-flight entertainment, do not operate properly.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

MEMPHIS – Today, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) submitted his concerns about block granting Tennessee's Medicaid program at a public forum hosted by the state on "The Progress of the TennCare Demonstration." In his letter, Congressman Cohen asks the state to "undo this dangerous TennCare Demonstration," which would imperil care for elderly, disabled and low-income Tennesseans.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the Natural Resources Committee and a longtime member of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, released the following statement on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to round up wild horses on Sunday:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a $367,975 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for research into Human Serine Palmitoyltransferase Complexes.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

"This grant funding to our premiere children's research hospital will advance our knowledge of enzymes and lead to important discoveries that can save lives."

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a $1,750,578 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for "Dissecting the role of NEU1-dependent de-sialylation in neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation."

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

"I am pleased that the National Institutes of Health are investing significant funding to better understand and treat neurological disorders. This funding will ultimately ease pain and lead to a better quality of life."

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a staunch opponent of the Byhalia Connection oil pipeline planned to cross southwest Memphis neighborhoods, who has made the case about its potential harm to the aquifer supplying Memphis with drinking water to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and to both President Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, expressed satisfaction and relief at news that the project has been abandoned.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement: