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MEMPHIS,. Tenn — When it comes to civil rights and social justice, Judge D’Army Bailey was considered as being one of its most important crusaders. Congressman Steve Cohen of Memphis knew Bailey for many years.
“Judge Bailey was an advocate. He wanted to see social change and civil rights early on and had an opinion on many things and traveled in different circles and had an influence on a lot of people and was respected across racial lines,” Cohen said.
MEMPHIS,. Tenn — When it comes to civil rights and social justice, Judge D’Army Bailey was considered as being one of its most important crusaders. Congressman Steve Cohen of Memphis knew Bailey for many years.
“Judge Bailey was an advocate. He wanted to see social change and civil rights early on and had an opinion on many things and traveled in different circles and had an influence on a lot of people and was respected across racial lines,” Cohen said.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus Co-Chair Steve Cohen (TN-09) issued the following statement regarding today’s passage of the 21st Century Cures Act through the U.S. House of Representatives:
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, today applauded New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s executive order to ensure independent prosecution of police-related civilian deaths, and called on Congress to enact Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2015.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – The U.S House of Representatives has approved legislation authored by Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) to cut short the “School-to-Prison Pipeline” and reduce youth incarceration in America by helping train school personnel in innovative conflict resolution methods that are less likely to result in non-violent juveniles entering the penal system. Currently, many school systems involve the police in non-violent incidents on school property, which helps feed the “school-to-prison” pipeline that is expensive and harmful to America’s youth.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today applauded the Obama Administration’s move to designate the nine counties surrounding Memphis as an Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership (IMCP) initiative community, which will make the region eligible for coordinated support from eleven federal agencies with more than $1 billion in economic development assistance.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced a $1,230,000 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to Le Bonheur Community Health and Well-Being in Memphis. The grant will help fund Le Bonheur’s Be Proud! Be Responsible! Memphis! program, a collaboration between community centers, schools and churches which aims to reduce and prevent teen pregnancy.
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced $1,788,116 in federal funding for Christ Community Health Services to help train more primary care doctors and increase access to healthcare services in the Memphis area. This funding comes through the Health Resource and Services Administration’s (HRSA) $230 million nationwide Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program, which was created as part of President Obama’s healthcare reform law, the Affordable Care Act that Congressman Cohen sponsored and supported.
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