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[WASHINGTON, DC] – With Mother’s Day approaching on Sunday, May 11^th, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today reintroduced legislation he first authored in 2009 to reduce tragically high rates of infant mortality. The Congressman’s Nationally Enhancing the Wellbeing of Babies through Outreach and Research Now (NEWBORN) Act would create a national pilot program in cities with high rates of infant mortality to promote pre-natal care, community outreach, and youth education to help improve health and save lives.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced two bills aimed at boosting the development of “aerotropolis” transportation systems both in Memphis and across the country. An aerotropolis is a new method of urban development focused on promoting diverse development around an airport.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced today that Immuno Technologies, Inc., a medical research and development company headquartered in Memphis, has been awarded $1,000,000 in federal funding to further develop technology that can help doctors rapidly diagnose Lyme disease. This funding comes through the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant program.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Jim McDermott (WA-07) today introduced the Limiting Investor and Homeowner Loss in Foreclosure Act of 2014 to prevent foreclosures and help struggling families keep their homes. The newly-introduced legislation would encourage debtors and secured lenders to come together to discuss and secure mutually beneficial resolutions of their mortgage difficulties.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Legislation introduced by Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Congressman Cynthia Lummis (WY-AL) to increase government transparency, the Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act, passed the House of Representatives. Congress originally enacted the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) as a means to help individuals, retirees, veterans, and small businesses recover attorney’s fees and costs associated with suing or defending against the federal government, but in 1995 removed important reporting requirements. This legislation, H.R.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – On the second anniversary of the Russian Government’s crackdown on Bolotnaya Square protests in Moscow, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) joined fellow members of the U.S. Helsinki Commission U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) as well as U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Jeff Flake (R-AZ) in meeting with and welcoming to the U.S. Capitol Nadya Tolokonnikova and Maria [Masha] Alyokhina of the Russian protest group Pussy Riot.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) hosted a telephone town hall this afternoon to answer his constituents’ questions about the issues facing the Ninth District and the nation. During the telephone town hall meeting, the Congressman discussed a wide variety of issues including his efforts to raise the minimum wage, this morning’s visit of Russian human rights activists Pussy Riot to the U.S. Capitol, the confirmation by the U.S.