MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 30 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced two grants, totaling $1,446,200, to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The first, for $263,200, is for Memphis STEM-M Ambassadors education and outreach program, from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. The second, for $1,183,000, is for gene editing research involving sickle cell disease, from the National Heart, Lu  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 1 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will provide the City of Memphis with a $10,795,984 grant to hire firefighters through its Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Program. Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "I am pleased to see this FEMA funding for the Memphis Fire Department which w  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a grant of $99,943 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development to conduct energy audits for rural small businesses and agricultural producers in five states within a 200-mile radius of the Mid-South Region. By completing the audits, the University is expected to deliver energy   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Sept. 1, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) recognized the annual Labor Day holiday on Monday, September 4, with the following statement: "Labor Day traditionally marks the end of summer and the start of a new school year and provides an opportunity to appreciate all that the working people of this country do every day. "Dr. King reminds us that 'all labor has dignity.' The pandemic and other str  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Rep. Mark Green re-introduced the No Obscene Teaching in Our Schools Act, also known as the NOT In Our Schools Act. The bill prohibits federal funds from being disbursed to schools that violate their own state laws on material deemed harmful to children. Rep. Green said, "As millions of students go back to school, my bill protects children from the far left's campaign to push offensive and obscene material  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following statement on the passing of former Tennessee Governor Don Sundquist: "Chuck and I are saddened to hear of former Gov. Don Sundquist's passing. He was a good man, who served our country and state faithfully in the U.S. Navy, as Congressman, and as Governor. "We join Tennesseans in prayer for his wife Martha, 3 children, and grandchild  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Aug. 29, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), member of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following statement on the Biden administration's announcement of the first 10 medications under its new Medicare price-setting plan for prescription drugs. "As the Biden administration takes a victory lap on their socialist price-setting program under their "Inflation Reduction Act," the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), and their Republican Senate colleagues introduced a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act on the Department of Labor's (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) final rule, which rescinds the 2020 rule "Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause's   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 1 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) introduced the Ensuring Sound Guidance (ESG) Act, legislation that will protect Americans' savings and retirement accounts from politically-motivated asset managers. This legislation would require investment advisors and retirement plan sponsors to consider principally financial factors such as maximizing returns and minimizing   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) joined Congressman Chris Pappas (N.H.-01) to reintroduce Senate and House versions of the National ACERT Grant Program Authorization Act, which would authorize federal resources for communities to address adverse childhood experiences associated with exposure to trauma. "We must ensure that we provide every necessary resource to comb  more