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Dear Friend,
This week, I hosted my latest “Building a Healthier Memphis” event to highlight how important it is that Memphis parents ensure their children receive the appropriate vaccines, we commemorated the 47th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and in South Carolina another unarmed African-American male was killed by a police officer.
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) received the highest grade, 97%, awarded to a member of Tennessee’s Congressional Delegation by the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) for their 2014 votes. Congressman Cohen’s grade far exceeds the 43% average score of the entire Tennessee delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Dear friend,
This week, I joined President Obama at the White House and on Air Force One during his trip to Nashville, and each time I invited him to Memphis. In addition, Congress approved $5 million that I secured to help fight our backlog of untested rape kits, and I introduced legislation to close a loophole that prevents us from effectively identifying and addressing fatal police interactions. Keep reading to learn more about what happened this week.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – The United States Senate today confirmed Congressman Steve Cohen’s (TN-09) recommendation for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Board of Directors, Ronald Walter, by a vote of 86-12. Mr. Walter will now fill one of nine positions on the TVA Board. Video of Congressman Cohen introducing Ron Walter at his Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works confirmation hearing last month is available here.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Ron Walter, WREG’s president and general manager, will fill one of nine positions on the TVA Board of Directors.
The U.S. Senate approved Wednesday Congressman Steve Cohen’s recommendation by a vote of 86 to 12.
“I was pleased to recommend Ron Walter to President Obama, as I have known Ron for nearly 40 years and know of no finer citizen of our community,” Cohen said. “He is diligent in all things, active and well-loved in the community for his genuine, caring attitude.”
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Ron Walter, WREG’s president and general manager, will fill one of nine positions on the TVA Board of Directors.
The U.S. Senate approved Wednesday Congressman Steve Cohen’s recommendation by a vote of 86 to 12.
“I was pleased to recommend Ron Walter to President Obama, as I have known Ron for nearly 40 years and know of no finer citizen of our community,” Cohen said. “He is diligent in all things, active and well-loved in the community for his genuine, caring attitude.”
[WASHINGTON, DC] – The nomination of Ronald Walter to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Board of Directors, recommended to President Obama by Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), was unanimously approved today by the Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works. The United States Senate is now set to consider Walter’s nomination and, if confirmed, he will fill one of the nine positions on the TVA Board.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) last night hosted a telephone town hall to answer his constituents’ questions about the issues facing the Ninth District and the nation.
Dear Friend,
This week, I hosted my best-attended annual Veterans Day luncheon for more than 300 Memphis-area veterans, I introduced Ron Walter—who I recommended the President nominate for the TVA Board—at his confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee, Congress came back into session and the HealthCare.gov health insurance marketplace opens for 2015 plan shopping tomorrow. Keep reading to learn what else I did this week.