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112th Congress

December 7, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today hosted a telephone Town Hall on Medicare and Social Security for approximately 90 minutes between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. CT with Max Richtman -- President and CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare. More than 7,250 constituents from the 9th Congressional District participated in the call.

December 7, 2011

Congressman Steve Cohen speaks against the REINS Act on the House floor.

December 6, 2011

Congressman Steve Cohen speaks on the House floor about the importance of the U.S. Postal Service.

December 5, 2011

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 (UTHSC) a federal grant worth $399,162 for heart and vascular diseases research – specifically, to elucidate basic molecular mechanisms that lead to vascular disease in response to vascular injury and atherosclerosis. The new federal funds will be administered by the National, Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI).

December 2, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate last night approved legislation -- the National Guard and Reservist Debt Relief Extension Act of 2011 -- Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) authored with Congressman J. Randy Forbes (R-VA-4), Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA-46), Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-9) and Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-8) to help members of the National Guard and Reserve obtain bankruptcy relief should they need it. The bipartisan measure, which was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this week, now heads to President Obama for consideration.

December 1, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today released the following statement marking World AIDS Day, which is observed every December 1st:

December 1, 2011

Congressman Steve Cohen speaks on the House floor about GOP efforts to rollback regulations.

December 1, 2011

Congressman Steve Cohen speaks on the House floor about GOP efforts to rollback regulations.

November 30, 2011

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 $262,500 for research to develop treatments for heart and vascular diseases. The new federal funding will be distributed by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI).

November 29, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today approved legislation -- the National Guard and Reservist Debt Relief Extension Act of 2011 -- Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) authored with Congressman J. Randy Forbes (R-VA-4), Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA-46), Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-9) and Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-8) to help members of the National Guard and Reserve obtain bankruptcy relief should they need it. The bipartisan measure, which was approved by the House Judiciary Committee in September, now heads to the U.S. Senate for consideration.