Homeland Security
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee, today called for urgent action to address the ongoing air traffic control staffing shortage and implementation of key safety provisions in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 at a hearing titled “America Builds: Air Traffic Control System Infrastructure and Staffing.”
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the House Ranking Member on the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, made the following statement on his support for Ukraine as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly prepares to meet in Vienna:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee, made the following statement after learning Monday that the Trump-Musk Administration plans to make drastic cuts to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) workforce:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today wrote to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem with questions about her department’s policies, priorities and transparency.
The letter reads in part:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today reintroduced the National Statistics on Deadly Force Transparency Act, requiring the collection of pertinent information in these cases. The 1994 Crime Bill requires the Attorney General to collect information on instances of “excessive” force but the term is difficult to define. Congressman Cohen’s bill would be limited collecting records in cases of the use of deadly force.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today joined Congressional colleagues in sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expressing concern over reports that he granted Elon Musk access to the federal government’s expansive payments system. Congressman Cohen also cosponsored the Taxpayer Data Protection Act introduced today.
The letter reads in part:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) led a letter with 42 Congressional colleagues today asking President Trump to reconsider his potentially calamitous decision to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO). Citing the many benefits the U.S. receives through participation in WHO programs and cooperative agreements, the members argue that the organization is essential to global public health and the U.S. economy. They also contend that the U.S. pays dues based on a well-reasoned formula in line with its GDP and population but notes that much more U.S.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today introduced a Congressional resolution commending efforts to eradicate the wild poliovirus. As a child, Congressman Cohen contracted the disease which still affects his daily life.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will send $12,795,521 to a variety of homelessness programs in Memphis and Shelby County, part of the largest investment in homelessness in history. Tennessee programs statewide will receive $41,382,540. In all, the Biden-Harris administration will award nearly $3.6 billion for almost 7,000 homelessness Continuum of Care programs nationwide.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen, the Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee, today attended Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s announcement of a final rule that is the biggest expansion of rights for passengers with disabilities in a generation.