9th District
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today was saddened to learn of the passing of legendary LeMoyne-Owen College basketball coach and athletic director Jerry C. Johnson and made the following statement:
"Coach Johnson was loved by LeMoyne-Owen, beloved by his Magician players, and respected and admired by the entire Memphis community. I was always impressed with his quiet demeanor and self-effacing attitude, even though he was as much a star in the Memphis basketball world as anyone. A gentle giant and a gentleman, he led an exemplary life and will be missed."
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of both the Judiciary the Transportation and Infrastructure Committees, today introduced a bill to name the Memphis Federal Building at 167 North Main the Odell Horton Federal Building, honoring in his name alone the first African American federal judge to serve in the Western District of Tennessee since Reconstruction.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that three Memphis-based community health centers will receive a total of $905,400 in grants from the Department of Health and Human Services. Memphis Health Center will receive $235,920, Christ Community Health Services will receive $568,140 and Tri-State Community Health Center will receive $101,340.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today attended the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) responded to President Trump's final outrage in office by condemning his pardons of the corrupt and well-connected. Congressman Cohen is the Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties and has introduced three Constitutional Amendments since October 2017 to limit the pardon power, most recently on the first day of the new Congress on January 3. The proposed Constitutional
Amendment introduced this year would forbid pardons given with corrupt intent.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today condemned the Trump administration's politicization of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers to Families Food Box Program. Delivery of surplus agricultural products through the food box program designed to help needy families has included messages claiming credit from President Trump.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, today expressed his appreciation and gratitude for the work of the U.S. Capitol Police, National Guard troops and federal and local law enforcement officials in ensuring the safety of the President-elect and Vice President-elect, Members of Congress, dignitaries and the public in preparation for Wednesday's historic Inaugural events.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced The Living Wage Now Act today, a measure to immediately increase the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) plans to commemorate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday on Friday and the National Holiday and Day of Service in his honor on Monday by encouraging everyone to recall his prescient words delivered in Memphis the night before he was killed: "We have an opportunity to make America a better nation."
Congressman Cohen noted that, in normal, non-pandemic times, he would eagerly participate in crowded, King-inspired public events this weekend but that this year requires social distancing and limited crowd sizes.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) has written to President-Elect Joe Biden to express his concern over the Trump Administration's misguided decision to allow Tennessee to fund its Medicaid program, known as TennCare, through a block grant. In his letter, Congressman Cohen asks that the new Biden Administration reverse the decision to prevent unnecessary hardship for some of the state's most vulnerable residents.