112th Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today reintroduced legislation – the American Coastal Waters and Shorelines Protection Act – to require all vessels conducting offshore drilling in U.S. coastal waters to register as a U.S. vessel and fly the American flag. Doing so would create jobs, strengthen the domestic maritime industry and safeguard American workers and the environment.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded the city of Memphis $3 million in Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration funds to perform lead hazard reduction activities and coordinate with community partners to educate, train and mitigate lead concerns in housing units. The program will evaluate 350 homes for lead paint hazards and eliminate lead hazards in 220 homes.
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 totaling $209,504 for the development and exploration of eliminating anesthesia confounds in experimental strokes. The new federal funding will be distributed by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes (NINDS).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) a grant worth $7 million to upgrade its fleet of diesel buses through the purchase of 15 new hybrid-electric buses. The federal award will be distributed by the Federal Transit Authority (FTA) as part of its “State of Good Repair” initiative.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today issued a statement on the pending Gibson Guitar investigation in Memphis, Tennessee. In August, federal authorities searched Gibson Guitar in Memphis for illegal sawn ebony and rosewood used for fingerboards.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today sent a letter to the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy urging him to reconsider how to approach the personal use of marijuana and the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes as his office prepares its 2012 National Drug Control Strategy. The Memphis Congressman also discusses other important drug policies in his letter.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today released the following statement in advance of the ten year anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks: