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MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and its Subcommittee on Aviation, today announced a grant of $15,000,000 to Memphis International Airport from the Department of Transportation (DOT) to support the ongoing construction of deicing pads and associated facilities.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today introduced the Interstate Rail Compacts Advancement Act, a bill to create multi-state passenger rail commissions to promote regional coordination and sustain a vision of passenger rail service across America.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

Washington, D.C. – Today, Representatives Steve Cohen (TN-09), Bobby L. Rush (IL-01) and Barbara Lee (CA-13) held a virtual forum on J. Edgar Hoover's FBI Counterintelligence Programs (COINTELPRO), recently featured in the Academy Award-winning film "Judas and the Black Messiah" which dramatizes the FBI-orchestrated assassination of Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton in 1969. The forum focused on the stories of those affected, contemporary impacts, policy changes made in response to the revelations of the abuses of COINTELPRO, and the work that remains to be done.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) has been monitoring the situation involving the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Officer and Memphis Police Department Officer shot this afternoon in North Memphis, and made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Representatives Steve Cohen (TN-09), Barbara Lee (CA-13) and Bobby L. Rush (IL-01) will hold a virtual forum on the FBI's notorious COINTELPRO program recently featured in the Academy Award-winning film "Judas and the Black Messiah," which dramatizes the FBI-orchestrated assassination of Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton in 1969. The forum will be on Monday, May 10, from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern time.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Memphis will receive $15,502,585 and Shelby County will receive $6,812,110 in Emergency Rental Assistance. The funding, in coordination with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the White House American Rescue Plan Implementation Team and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, will help prevent evictions and ensure basic housing security for households affected by the pandemic and its economic fallout.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive research grants from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The grant to St. Jude, for $448,750, is for work on interneuron circuits in the spinal motor system. The grant to UTHSC, for $154,000, is for genetic research involving mice.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement: