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“We do have to have certain techniques to ferret out information and protect our people, but at the same time we have to respect our laws,” said Congressman Cohen during his cross-examination of one of the panel-members.
The purpose of the hearing, as Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (MI-14) explained, was to determine the “who, how, when, where, and why of the destruction of the videotapes; and most importantly, what might have been shown on them.”
“Funding for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (RBL) is vital and I’m extremely pleased with this victory for the Ninth District,” stated Congressman Cohen. “This project has been a legislative priority for me. This appropriation will provide funding for this worthy project that saves lives, creates jobs and gives Memphis a competitive advantage. A properly equipped RBL will serve as a magnet for bioscience business and industry.”
Washington, DC -- Today a U.S. Congressional Delegation in Israel, including Congressman John Tanner (TN-08) and Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), met with President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Likud Party Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defense Ehud Barak.
The Delegation also met with the parents of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, Israeli army reservists abducted near the Lebanese border last year by Hezbelloh.