WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Steve Cohen has issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TH-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today announced two grants totaling $4,592,039 from the Department of Justice's Office of Violence Against Women to the state of Tennessee.
One grant, for $3,623,147, will support the STOP (Services, Training, Officers, Prosecutors) Violence Against Women Program authorized by the 1994 Violence Against Women Act. A second grant, for $968,892, will support the Sexual Assault Services Formula Program supporting rape crisis centers that provide services to victims of sexual assault.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
"This critical funding addresses both the eff...