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MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a grant of $362,500 to study biological responses to environmental health hazards from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) spoke from the House floor this morning, urging support for bills providing aid to Israel, Ukraine, and the Indo-Pacific region.

In his remarks, Congressman Cohen said:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) announced that Memphis Health Center Inc., Porter-Leath, and the Shelby County Board of Education will be receiving grants totaling $21,309,797 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Porter-Leath will receive $1,385,603 to operate its Head Start programs and the Board of Education will receive $14,553,699 to operate its Head Start programs. Memphis Health Center will receive $5,370,495 to support its programs.

WASHINGTON -- On the imminent transfer of the imprisoned Russian politician Vladimir Kara-Murza to a Moscow detention facility, Congressman Steve Cohen, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative for Political Prisoners, issued the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) learned of the death of Memphis Police Officer Joseph McKinney and the wounding of two of his colleagues this morning and made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today applauded notice that the City of West Memphis will receive a $16,155,550 Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.