Children and Families

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement regarding allowing Syrian refugees into the United States.

[Washington, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) joined 265 of his Democratic and Republican colleagues in voting for H.R. 1314, the bipartisan budget package, to help avert a fiscal crisis, boost spending caps, protect seniors, and raise the debt ceiling.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, today spoke out against House Republicans’ continued efforts to dismantle women’s health services provider Planned Parenthood, which nearly 3 million women each year rely on for health care. The Congressman’s remarks came after Rep.

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today blasted Congressional Republican efforts to eliminate a program Shelby County Schools expects to receive a reported $7 million from for preschool services. The elimination of the Preschool Development Grant program, as proposed in the Republican education plan awaiting a vote in the House and Senate, could prevent nearly 7,500 low- and moderate-income Tennessee children from attending pre-school, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced a $1,126,300 federal grant for Early Head Start programs at Porter-Leath. Early Head Start provides early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child development and family support services to low-income infants and toddlers as well as pregnant women and their families.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) this morning hosted a telephone town hall to answer his constituents’ questions about the issues facing the Ninth District and the nation.