Judiciary
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today applauded President Obama for signing the bipartisan America Invents Act, which would streamline our country’s patent application process to help spark innovation and create jobs.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today sent a letter to the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy urging him to reconsider how to approach the personal use of marijuana and the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes as his office prepares its 2012 National Drug Control Strategy. The Memphis Congressman also discusses other important drug policies in his letter.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder requesting an investigation into whether the sale of Schnucks supermarkets to Kroger supermarkets in Memphis, Tennessee presents any anti-trust violations.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Judge Bernice Donald to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Judge Donald, who currently serves on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, was recommended to President Obama by Congressman Cohen.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today joined Rev. Jesse Jackson, other Civil Rights leaders and members of Congress to stand up for voting rights at the U.S. Capitol and to draw attention to recent restrictive voting measures that will strip citizens of their constitutional right to vote, including in Tennessee.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today reintroduced legislation -- the Fresh Start Act -- he authored to enable non-violent federal offenders who have served their sentence and are now law-abiding, productive members of society to have their conviction expunged from their records.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today praised the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice for pursuing justice in the Mickey Wright case on a hate crime statute. Mickey Wright -- a Shelby County Code Enforcement Inspector -- was killed and transported to Mississippi where he was dismembered and burned in 2001. This was the first time a federal hate crime was successfully prosecuted in Tennessee.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today introduced legislation – the Fair Debt Collection Improvement Act -- that would bar debt collectors from bringing legal action on a debt in which the statute of limitations has expired against any consumer.
Washington, D.C. -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Representative Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) today introduced legislation to protect consumers from unfair taxes on digital goods, like those purchased over the Internet or on a smartphone. The Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2011 (H.R. 1860) ensures that digital goods are not taxed at a higher rate than their tangible counterparts. For example, H.R.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today reintroduced legislation to examine the causes of racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system and develop proposals for reducing or eliminating unjustified disparities wherever they are found.