Judiciary
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, today questioned expert witnesses at a hearing entitled "What's Next: The Threat to Individual Freedoms in a Post-Roe World."
Congressman Cohen has the great honor of serving on the House Judiciary Committee. The Judiciary Committee has jurisdiction over a wide range of issues, including crime, civil rights and civil liberties, immigration, bankruptcy, antitrust, intellectual property, and all constitutional amendments.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, noted Justice Stephen Breyer's announcement that he will retire at noon today, as the Supreme Court completes its term, and made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today voted on compromise gun legislation after it passed the Senate with Republican support.
The vote on passage was 234 to 193.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today voted for and the House passed S. 4160, the Supreme Court Police Parity Act. The measure authorizes the Supreme Court Police to protect the families of Supreme Court justices if there is a threat against them. The vote comes days after a 26-year-old California man armed with a gun and a knife was arrested on attempted murder charges after threatening to kill Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, today spoke from the floor in support of and then voted for the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act. The measure establishes nationwide access to extreme risk protection orders through the federal courts to ensure that those who pose a threat to themselves or others do not have access to firearms.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today went to the House floor to denounce a Republican talking point suggesting that the Second Amendment right to bear arms, including assault rifles, is a "God-given right." The speech was in response to Congressman Jim Jordan of Ohio and others in Wednesday's debate on the Protecting Our Kids Act which passed the House last night.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, voted for the Protesting Our Kids Act this evening – sensible gun safety legislation that is popular with the public – and spoke from the House floor during today's debate on the measure.
The vote on passage was 223 to 204.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, urged his colleagues to support the Protecting Our Kids Act but called out Republican refusal to support popular and reasonable gun reform proposals. He also ridiculed the idea that Democrats are rushing out gun legislation when the proposals have been discussed for decades.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today urged his colleagues to advance the Protecting Our Kids Act but also advocated a ban on assault weapons because "assault weapons are made to kill."
In his remarks during the bill's markup, Congressman Cohen said in part: