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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced the Fort Pillow National Battlefield Park Study Act, legislation that would direct the Department of the Interior to conduct a resource study to determine whether the location of an infamous massacre of Black Union soldiers in the waning months of the Civil War qualify it as a National Park Service site.
WASHINGTON – On Friday, March 3, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) will hold an event for the news media to discuss the $1 million he secured for the YMCA Before and After School Programs at Memphis and Shelby County Schools. Officials with the YMCA and the schools are expected to participate.
What: A News Media Event to Discuss funding for Before and After School programs
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced today that the City of Memphis will receive $14,819,865 and Shelby County will receive $1,641,575 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to meet a variety of housing and transportation needs.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced the Diversity Advancements in Accelerated Learning Programs Act, legislation that would authorize Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) funding to be used to create equity offices in state education departments or local education agencies. These offices would work to provide recommendations and develop programs to improve diversity in Advanced Placement (AP) and Gifted and Talented (GT) academic programs.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a grant of $708,579 to study hematopoietic stem cell dysfunction in sickle cell disease from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Shelby County will receive a $185,967 Assistance to Firefighters grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to enhance its response capabilities and to more effectively protect the health and safety of the public and emergency response personnel from fire and other related hazards.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a $1,247,879 grant from the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases for research mapping the genomic and molecular mechanisms of antifungal resistance in the emerging fungal pathogen Candida auris, often spread in health care settings.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), the ranking member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Aviation Subcommittee, today announced that Memphis International Airport will receive a $14.8 million investment from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to modernize its 60-year-old terminal facilities and ensure modern day code compliance. The phased terminal development projects would ensure seismic resiliency and enhance ADA access.
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WASHINGTON – Representatives Steve Cohen, André Carson, Barbara Lee, Danny K. Davis, Donald M. Payne Jr., Gwen Moore, and Henry C. “Hank” Johnson Jr. today reintroduced a measure to remove the name of longtime Federal Bureau of Investigation Director J. Edgar Hoover from the FBI headquarters building in downtown Washington, D.C.
The measure is co-sponsored by an additional 13 members of Congress.