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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded Memphis $2,031,645 for expenses related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, and infrastructure, housing and economic revitalization for the storm that took place in May. Shelby County will receive $1,212,788.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has awarded Tennessee $67.8 million to help low achieving schools improve. The funds were made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), which the Congressman supported.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (CAL), today marked up legislation he authored to restore fairness in student lending by treating privately issued student loans in bankruptcy the same as other types of unsecured debt.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded Memphis $5,195,847 under the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) to address the effects of abandoned and foreclosed housing.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration has launched a new website to help job seekers find employment.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) recently sent a letter to Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) expressing its support for legislation he authored – the Citizen Participation Act (H.R. 4364).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Shelby County today received designation as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). This Federal designation will further the development of joint drug control efforts by federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement officers in the region and allow them to benefit from ongoing HIDTA initiatives.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In advance of tomorrow’s 75th Anniversary of Social Security, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today released the following statement commemorating the program and its benefits. The economic security program for seniors -- the Social Security Act -- was signed into law on August 14, 1935.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced the National Civil Rights Museum was awarded $750,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to establish an endowment fund dedicated to educational programming.