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August 24, 2012 Press Release

MEMPHIS, TN – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Memphis-area organizations have received federal investments of $4,022,791 this year for AmeriCorps and Senior Corps programs.  The funds are distributed by the Corporation for National & Community Service (CNCS) to increase access to early childhood education and other educational-related programs and to engage seniors in c

August 22, 2012 Press Release

MEMPHIS, TN – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Science Center $482,304 in new federal funds for heart and vascular diseases research.  The funds will be distributed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).

August 21, 2012 Press Release

MEMPHIS, TN – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) has sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin requesting a presidential pardon for members of a recently imprisoned punk music group.  Three members of the band -- Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Maria Alyokhina -- were sentenced to two years in prison for a performance at Christ the Savior Cathedral.

August 16, 2012 Press Release

MEMPHIS, TN – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the U.S.

August 14, 2012 Press Release

MEMPHIS, TN – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Science Center $375,000 in new federal funds for vision research.  The funds will be distributed by the National Eye Institute.

August 9, 2012 Press Release

MEMPHIS, TN – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced Le Bonheur Community Health and Well-Being will receive $500,000 in new federal funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Ryan White Title IV Women, Infants, Children, Youth and Affected Family Members AIDS Healthcare project.

August 8, 2012 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) announced today that the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) has awarded $336,875 to St.

August 3, 2012 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today hosted a Telephone Town Hall on how best to create jobs and improve the economy, middle class tax cuts, health care, and other issues.

August 2, 2012 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Memphis and Shelby County have received two federal grants from the U.S.

August 2, 2012 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) recently sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (OH-8) urging him to let the House of Representatives vote on bipartisan legislation the U.S. Senate approved to help save the U.S. Postal Service.  A PDF of the letter is attached and the text of the letter is pasted below:

August 1, 2012

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