112th Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that Girls Inc. of Memphis has received two talent search grants totaling $610,535. The two grants, one worth $257,769 and the other worth $352,766, will be used to strengthen the organization’s Education Talent Search (ETS) program, which helps low income, first generation college bound students in grades 9-12 develop an awareness for the importance of postsecondary education.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Science Center $269,012 for nursing workforce diversity. The new federal funds will be distributed by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) recently voted to reduce the federal deficit by more than $66 billion when he voted on nearly a dozen amendments. The Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2012 (H.R. 2219) passed the U.S. House of representatives late last week. The $649 billion defense spending bill increases the Pentagon budget by $17 billion and covers the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Defense Department is the only agency that will see a double-digit increase in its budget.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9), who has worked with President Obama for more than two years to help create jobs in Memphis and Shelby County, today praised the Strong Cities, Strong Communities initiative – an innovative national pilot program designed to strengthen the foundation for economic growth in Memphis and five other cities by delivering federal resources and assistance more efficiently.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today joined with Congressman Sam Graves (R-MO-6) to introduce legislation to prohibit discriminatory taxes on the rental of motor vehicles.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today issued the following statement on the GOP’s controversial multi-year surface transportation proposal to reauthorize our country’s highway, highway safety, transit, and rail programs. The most recent multi-year surface transportation bill (SAFETEA-LU) expired in September 2009, and the program has continued to operate through temporary extensions. Breaking with Committee precedent and tradition, the current proposal was drafted by the Majority with no consultation or input from the Minority.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today reintroduced legislation -- the Fresh Start Act -- he authored to enable non-violent federal offenders who have served their sentence and are now law-abiding, productive members of society to have their conviction expunged from their records.