Environment
Information regarding my stance on Environmental issues.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today applauded President Biden’s decision to declare a major disaster for the state of Tennessee, including Shelby County, for the storm that ravaged the region from December 22 to 27 last year.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will provide $17,198,284 in federal funding to the City of Memphis for Public Assistance Alternate Procedures (PAAP) debris removal operations as a result of the severe winter storm of February 2-4, 2022. The funding is authorized under Section 428 of the Robert T. Stafford Act.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) will attend this evening’s State of the Union address by President Biden as the nation continues to register major progress in employment, rising wages, investments in infrastructure, ending the COVID-19 pandemic, slowing inflation, and addressing domestic and international threats to democracy. Prior to the President’s remarks, Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and its Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, today announced that the City of Memphis will receive a Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant of $640,000 for preparation of a comprehensive “Safe Streets for All” plan.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a longtime member of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, today introduced the Emergency and Disaster Preparedness for Farm Animals Act. The legislation would institute commonsense reforms aimed at mitigating losses and promoting fiscal responsibility by ensuring that recipients of payments under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Livestock Indemnity and Emergency Loan Programs have disaster preparedness plans in place.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to today wrote Governor Bill Lee for a second time seeking emergency assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for damage done in Memphis and Shelby County by recent winter storms. Congressman Cohen noted that the dollar value of the damage now exceeds the minimum federal threshold.
WASHINGTON– Today, Congressman Cohen voted to pass the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, known as an omnibus, to keep the government open and make transformative long-term investments at the local and national level.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a vocal critic of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), today took note of the Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division board’s vote rejecting a long-term contract with the federal power supplier, and made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) reacted to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision, announced today, that she would not to seek a leadership position in the 118th Congress but would remain in Congress, and made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today marked the anniversary of President Biden’s signing of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Congressman Cohen attended the White House signing ceremony and noted that, to date, over $3.6 billion in IIJA funding has been announced and is headed to Tennessee.