Homeland Security
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, better known as the Helsinki Commission, today questioned expert witnesses at a commission hearing entitled "Confronting Kremlin and Communist Corruption."
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, better known as the Helsinki Commission, along with Ranking Member Joe Wilson of South Carolina, today introduced a Congressional Resolution to end recognition of Vladimir Putin as president of Russia after May 7, 2024, if the autocrat remains in power.
WASHINGTON – Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05) were informed of today's sentencing in U.S. District Court in Springfield, Missouri, of Kenneth R. Hubert on federal charges that he threatened them. They released the following statement:
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen released the following statement commemorating this year's Veterans Day:
"Each November, we pause to pay tribute to and thank the brave men and women who have served our country in uniform. This year, we pay special attention to those who served in America's longest war in Afghanistan, and welcome them home.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, better known as the Helsinki Commission, today addressed the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Parliamentary Conference concerning the human rights situation in Afghanistan.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) is closely monitoring developments in the shooting at the at the U.S. Postal Service facility in Orange Mound that has reportedly resulted in the deaths of three postal employees including the shooter.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) is monitoring the situation following the shooting of a child at Cummings Elementary School this morning and made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and its Aviation Subcommittee, today questioned expert witnesses at a hearing on "Disruption in the Skies: The Surge in Air Rage and its Effects on Workers, Airlines, and Airports."
MEMPHIS – Representatives Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ed Case (HI-01), Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and Tim Ryan (OH-13) tonight wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin seeking information about the U.S.-supplied aircraft Afghan pilots flew to Uzbekistan as the Afghan military collapsed before the Taliban takeover of their country.
The letter reads in part:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the Memphis Fire Department will be receiving a $10,795,984 grant from the Department of Homeland Security through the Fiscal Year 2020 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) program to hire additional firefighters.