Homeland Security
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), Ranking Member of the House Aviation Subcommittee, today issued a statement in response to concerning reports about a recent Black Hawk helicopter that led to two commercial flights aborting landings at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:
“If reports are true that an Army helicopter deviated from its standard flight path, causing two commercial airliners to execute go-arounds, this raises significant questions about interagency coordination and aviation safety.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today led a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and the acting director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency with seven Congressional colleagues seeking the release from ICE detention of Kseniia Petrova, a Russian research scientist working at Harvard University Medical School.
The letter reads in part:
MEMPHIS – Six weeks after his initial request, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today renewed his demand for information about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policies, priorities and transparency from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Earlier today, the Trump Administration asked the Supreme Court to consider the challenge to the deportations of Venezuelans accused without evidence of being members of a terrorist gang.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today reintroduced the Baseball Diplomacy Act to eliminate barriers to Cuban athletes entering the U.S. on non-immigrant visas during the baseball season and then returning home when the season ends. The measure would allow players to retain their Cuban citizenship and return to Cuba with their earnings, rather than having to renounce their citizenship and abandon their families to play baseball in the United States.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking House Member of the Helsinki Commission and a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after the U.S. withdrawal from an ongoing investigation of Russian war crimes in Ukraine:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), who voted against a disastrous continuing resolution to fund federal government programs through September 30 on Tuesday evening, made the following statement after the Senate voted to pass the same measure on a 54-46 vote on Friday night:
WASHINGTON -- Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Aviation Steve Cohen (TN-9), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (WA-2), Ranking Member of the T&I Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-6) and fellow House Democrats sent a letter to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acting Administrator Chris Rocheleau requesting more information regarding reports the FAA may cancel a multi-billion dollar Verizon contract in favor of Elon Musk’s Starlink.
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: