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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Judge Bernice Donald to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Judge Donald, who currently serves on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, was recommended to President Obama by Congressman Cohen.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital a federal grant worth $648,075 for research into quantifying and modeling the viral dynamics and host responses of the influenza virus. The award will be distributed by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that Magna Bank – a Memphis-based community bank – will receive $18.4 million from the U.S. Department of the Treasury through the Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF) to increase their lending to small businesses, expand their operations and create new jobs.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) and Peter Welch (D-VT) today said the U.S. Department of State’s newly released Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline fails to suitably note the full impact the controversial project will have on our country’s environment. TransCanada – which supplies some of the biggest oil companies in the world with toxic tar sands oil – is seeking State Department approval to build the Keystone XL Pipeline, a new 2,000 mile pipeline from Alberta, Canada to the Gulf Coast in Texas.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Science Center a grant worth $299,584 for research. The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) will distribute the new federal funds for research in pharmacology, physiology, and biological chemistry.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded two new federal grants worth more than $682,000 for clinical research related to neurological disorders. The first grant is worth $382,813 and has been awarded to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The second grant -- worth $300,000 – will go to Translational Sciences of Overton Park Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded two new federal grants worth more than $682,000 for clinical research related to neurological disorders. The first grant is worth $382,813 and has been awarded to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The second grant -- worth $300,000 – will go to Translational Sciences of Overton Park Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee.