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U.S. Congressman Steve Cohen joined FedEx Corp. team members for a test drive of the world’s first zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell ground support equipment Thursday.
FedEx collaborated with CharlatteAmerica, Plug Power Inc. and the U.S. Department of Energy to create 15 hydrogen fuel cell-powered Charlatte GSE cargo tractors and a Plug Power Inc. hydrogen fueling station.
Without adequate, comprehensive national data on fatal police interactions exists, abuses are difficult to identify and fix
[MEMPHIS, TN] – A bill introduced earlier this year by Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, would close a loophole in federal law that makes it easier for local law enforcement agencies, including one in South Carolina where an officer has been charged with shooting an unarmed man in the back, to hide police shootings from the public.
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced a new Economic Development Agency (EDA) grant for Southwest Tennessee Community College aimed at creating 52 new jobs and saving 33 more. The EDA is a part of the U.S Department of Commerce.
Tennessee hospitals and community health centers could be getting more than a half-billion dollars from the federal government over the next decade to help them recover the cost of treating patients who cannot afford to pay.
A Medicare-reform bill that is awaiting approval by the U.S. Senate would send $53 million in Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments to Tennessee hospitals each year for the next 10 years. Tennessee is the only state that doesn’t automatically receive the payments every year.
Tennessee hospitals and community health centers could be getting more than a half-billion dollars from the federal government over the next decade to help them recover the cost of treating patients who cannot afford to pay.
A Medicare-reform bill that is awaiting approval by the U.S. Senate would send $53 million in Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments to Tennessee hospitals each year for the next 10 years. Tennessee is the only state that doesn’t automatically receive the payments every year.
[MEMPHIS, TN] – With the 47th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., occurring tomorrow, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) issued the following statement to commemorate the life and work of the late Reverend:
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today joined Mayor A C Wharton and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) General Deputy Assistant Secretary Jemine Bryon to announce a $3 million federal grant that will fund a pilot program to enroll nearly 300 Memphians at Foote Homes in job training and other programs, ultimately placing at least 60 of them in good-paying jobs in Shelby County.
[MEMPHIS, TN] - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today applauded President Obama’s decision to commute the sentences the sentences of 22 drug offenders serving sentences in federal prisons, including one Memphian who has already served nearly 20 years.
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Medical marijuana legislation led in the House by Congressmen Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Don Young (R-AK) and in the Senate by Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Rand Paul (R-KY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is gaining more and more bipartisan support.