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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Memphis and Shelby County have received two federal grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation worth a total of $1.2 million. The first grant -- worth $800,000 -- is for the purchase of two water taxis and to design and construct docking connections at points along Mud Island and in Wolf River Harbor. The second grant -- worth $400,000 -- will develop planning and preliminary design to reconstruct US 78.

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

The Honorable John A. Boehner

Speaker

United States House of Representatives

H-232 The Capitol

Washington, D.C. 20515

Speaker Boehner,

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN), Congressman Peter Welch (D-VT) and Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) were joined by 19 other members of Congress in formally requesting that the State Department conduct a new Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the revised proposal of the Keystone XL pipeline.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced that starting today, thanks to the Affordable Care Act, all new health care plans will be required at the start of their plan year to provide free coverage of key women’s preventive services.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) voted to extend tax cuts for all Americans and opposed the Republican plan to deliver extra tax breaks to the richest two percent on the backs of the middle class. Rather than joining Democrats in their effort to provide tax cuts, Republicans voted down this measure in an attempt to secure even larger tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans which they know will not pass in the Senate. Congressman Cohen stayed in Washington, D.C. to cast these votes, despite being in a contested primary, which is being held tomorrow.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis has received two federal grants totaling more than $700,000, both awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The first grant -- worth $574,848 – is for a project entitled “Supporting a New Generation.” The second grant -- worth $136,178 – is for a project entitled “Making Global Capital Work: Economic Openness and Corporate Governance in Chinese Capital Markets.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the National Civil Rights Museum has received a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant worth $352,000 for the Renovation of the Lorraine Motel Permanent Exhibits. NEH grants are highly competitive and involve a rigorous review and selection process to ensure that the best of humanities research, education, preservation and public programs is cultivated.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Marketplace Equity Act of 2011 (H.R. 3179) – legislation Congressman Cohen co-sponsored to establish a uniform national standard for determining when a state can tax an online sales transaction. Click here to see a video of Congressman Cohen and Governor Haslam discussing this issue.