9th District
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) this morning hosted nearly 900 constituents at his town hall meeting at East High School. An additional 7,800 people viewed the town hall meeting on Facebook Live. Congressman Cohen answered his constituents' questions about the issues facing Tennessee's Ninth Congressional District and the nation.
I would like to invite you to a town hall meeting on Saturday, February 11 at 10 AM at East High School. I look forward to discussing my work and legislation in Congress and hearing about the issues that matter most to you. Hearing constituents' concerns and ideas for me to take back to Washington, D.C. is at the very heart of my job as your Congressman. I hope to see you there!
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, today released the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted nearly along party lines to confirm Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) as the next Attorney General of the United States:
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Subcommittee, along with Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. |
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced the Putting Our Veterans Back to Work Act to help reduce veteran unemployment and train our nation's heroes for good-paying, high-demand jobs. Congressman Cohen's legislation would reauthorize the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP), which helps train unemployed veterans for careers in high-demand occupations, through 2020. VRAP expired in March 2014.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today attended a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Hearing entitled Building a21st Century Infrastructure for America with FedEx Chairman and CEO Fred Smith.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) released the following statement on the announced resignation of U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee Ed Stanton III:
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, today introduced the Streamlining and Improving Methods at Polling Locations and Early(SIMPLE) Voting Act, which would ensure that every state allows citizens to vote for at least two weeks prior to federal elections and require that states provide adequate poll workers and other resources to prevent wait times of longer than one hour.