9th District

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) today applauded President Obama’s nomination of U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III to serve as District Court Judge for the Western District of Tennessee. The Congressman recommended Stanton to the President after convening a bipartisan, biracial screening committee of local attorneys. Mr. Stanton is a lifelong Memphian and graduate of Central High School who has served as U.S. Attorney for nearly 5 years.

Congressman Cohen has repeatedly called for Judiciary Committee hearing on police reform and the use of deadly force against minorities

[WASHINGTON, DC] – At a hearing of the full House Judiciary Committee that Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee Ranking Member Steve Cohen (TN-09) requested repeatedly in the months following Michael Brown’s shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, Congressman Cohen called for greater police accountability and reforms to deadly force policies that in recent months have left several young, unarmed African-American men dead at the hands of police.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced a new $3,707,596 federal grant for the Memphis Health Center, which provides high-quality, affordable health care services to Shelby County citizens. This grant funding comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) issued the following statement after learning former Tennessee state legislator Kathryn Bowers had passed away:

Congressman is also leading bipartisan bill with Senators Cory Booker and Rand Paul to recognize medicinal marijuana nationwide

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, today commended Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) along with Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Michael Bennet (D-CO) for introducing the bipartisan Therapeutic Hemp Medical Access Act of 2015.

[MEMPHIS, TN] – At the Shelby County Health Department’s 2015 Infant Mortality Summit this morning, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) discussed his efforts to reduce the rate of infant mortality in Memphis as well as highlighted a new health clinic in Raleigh funded in part by the Affordable Care Act. The Congressman also highlighted provisions of the Affordable Care Act that can help Memphians keep themselves, their families, and their communities healthy.