Judiciary
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today voted for an Appropriations measure that includes $15.5 million for 13 major community project funding priorities for Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) publicly lauded E. Jean Carroll for her unwavering courage and determination in her legal pursuits against former President Donald Trump. Congressman Cohen, a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, emphasized the significance of Carroll's actions in upholding the principles of justice and the rule of law.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee and its Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, today questioned expert witnesses at a hearing entitled “The Southern Border Crisis: The Constitution and the States.” The hearing established that federal law overrules state initiatives when it comes to immigration policy and that solving the immigration problem is not in Donald Trump’s best interests as he runs for president.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, engaged in the debate over whether Hunter Biden should be cited for contempt of Congress for failure to agree to a deposition behind closed doors while offering to testify in public. Several Committee members noted that Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan defied a Congressional subpoena to testify before the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol without consequence.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today hailed the Senate passage of his National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Extension Act. Earlier this week, Congressman Cohen managed the House debate and consideration of this important legislation. Now, after being approved by both chambers of Congress, Congressman Cohen’s bill will go to President Biden to be signed into law.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today managed the floor debate and then voted for his National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Extension Act that extends for four more years the exemption from the bankruptcy code’s means test for certain members of the National Guard and reservists. Congressman Cohen led the effort to exempt members of the National Guard and reservists in 2008 and extensions of the exemption in 2015 and 2019.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, today questioned Kristen Clarke, the Assistant Attorney General overseeing the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, at an oversight hearing.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today led the Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act through the Judiciary Committee. His bipartisan measure was approved 23 to 0. In September, Congressman Cohen introduced the bipartisan, bicameral measure with Representative Kelly Armstrong and Senators Dick Durbin and Chuck Grassley.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today voted for his National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Extension Act that he introduced in May. The bipartisan measure passed the Judiciary Committee on a 24-0 vote and is now headed for the full House of Representatives. The legislation would provide the same means-test treatment under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code for guard members and reservists who were recently federally deployed as that of active duty servicemembers.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, spoke against a proposed Constitutional amendment establishing term limits for members of Congress and a bill that would allow former Presidents to remove any state case they are involved in, both criminal and civil, to federal court, at the Committee markup earlier today.