9th District

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Senator Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, a member of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today introduced the DOT Victim and Survivor Advocate Act to create a crash victim-advocate position at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Memphis will receive $13,592,584 and Shelby County will receive $1,594,934 in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Planning and Development Formula Funding for the current fiscal year.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Shelby County Health Department will receive a grant of $1,285,200 for its Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on Political Prisoners, today congratulated Washington Post columnist and Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza for winning the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Congressman Tom McClintock (CA-5), the Iran Human Rights and Democracy Caucus co-chairs, today voiced their profound condemnation of the recent surge in executions carried out by the Iranian regime, under the direct orders of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. This alarming escalation in state-sponsored violence underscores the regime’s blatant disregard for human life and international human rights norms.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today applauded the Biden Administration decision to publish a final rule that will expand health care for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, also known as “Dreamers.” The decision ensures that DACA recipients can enroll in a Qualified Health Plan through the Affordable Care Act Health Insurance Marketplace or for coverage through a Basic Health Program.

WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today recognized Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, which will be commemorated beginning Sunday, May 5, at sundown. The observance coincides with the 27^th day of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar, which is also the date of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943. As a state senator, Cohen sponsored, and the Tennessee General Assembly passed, legislation to create the Tennessee Holocaust Commission. A special part of its work is educating teachers about Holocaust history.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee and a champion of human rights, today spoke from the House floor against the rise of antisemitism and the response of former President Trump to the demonstration of antisemitism at Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017. In the debate on the Antisemitism Awareness Act today, introduced by Representative Mike Lawler (NY-17), he also expressed understanding about reservations some have about its implications for free speech.