Judiciary
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, discussed his Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond (SOAR) to Health and Wellness Act that provides training to health care professionals in detecting victims of sex trafficking, at a Crime Subcommittee hearing on Protecting Victims of Human Trafficking and Online Exploitation. The bill was re-introduced today.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today responded to the 51-49 Senate vote confirming Kash Patel as the next Director of the FBI, and made the following statement:
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), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today questioned the entire premise of a hearing on the so-called Censorship-Industrial Complex. In his remarks, he expressed concern about the rule of law and the role of Elon Musk, owner of the former social media platform Twitter (now X), and the place of truth in our civic discourse.
In the course of questioning witnesses, Congressman said in part:
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today reintroduced the Police Creating Accountability by Making Effective Recording Act (CAMERA). The measure establishes a grant program to help state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies purchase body-worn cameras, implement body-worn camera programs, and report to Congress on the impact and effectiveness of the use of body-worn cameras. A version of this bill was included in the 2021 George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
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) today questioned expert witnesses at a Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security and Enforcement hearing on “Restoring Immigration Enforcement in America.”
Congressman Cohen focused his questions on enforcement priorities: “Do you think DACA kids who’ve been in this country for maybe 20 or 25 years, been good citizens, maybe been in the military, the National Guard or something, should be rounded up and deported as well?”
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen, a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today introduced the Constitutional Emoluments Protection of American Interests Act, a measure to prohibit federal funds being used at any property owned, managed by, or under the control of former and future President Donald J. Trump.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, has written to Attorney General Merrick Garland urging him to drop the charges against the two remaining defendants in the Trump classified documents case pending in Florida. Charges against Trump were dropped by Justice Department policy after he was re-elected in November.