Judiciary

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) applauded today’s Senate Judiciary Committee bipartisan vote to advance the nomination of Kevin G. Ritz to be the next U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee to the Senate floor.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today applauded the U.S. Senate’s bipartisan confirmation of Memphis lawyer Andre Mathis as a judge on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and made the following statement:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, has been closely monitoring the crime situation in Memphis, and released the following statement after yesterday’s shootings:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, today wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland seeking an update on the status of a Justice Department investigation into baby powder contaminated with carcinogenic asbestos and marketed to women of color.

The letter reads in part:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today spoke from the House floor in favor of and then voted for the Assault Weapons Ban Act, which restores and updates the prior assault weapons ban that kept weapons of war out of our communities for a decade before Republicans opposed its renewal.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, today hosted the renaming ceremony of the Memphis federal building for the late U.S. District Judge Odell Horton.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, voted late Wednesday night to advance an assault weapons ban to the full House of Representatives. During debate on the measure, Congressman Cohen engaged his Republican colleagues in debate, arguing their defense of such weapons involves the anticipation of a civil war. In his remarks, he referred to Committee members Greg Steube or Florida and Chip Roy of Texas.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, today spoke in favor of and then voted for the Respect for Marriage Act.