Judiciary
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (CAL), chaired a bipartisan hearing today that featured testimony from Supreme Court Associate Justices Stephen Breyer and Antonin Scalia. The Justices were there to discuss the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) – a federal agency charged with improving administrative procedures. Paul Verkuil, the new ACUS Chairman, also appeared before the Subcommittee.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today questioned British Petroleum America Chief Executive Lamar McKay at a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing about the Gulf Coast oil spill.
Congressman Cohen focused his questions on how and why British Petroleum did not plan for a worst case scenario when drilling in the Gulf Coast and how it will work to prevent a future disaster like this from ever taking place again.
Footage of Congressman Cohen questioning the British Petroleum executive can be seen at:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) is the new sponsor of Jane’s Law, a measure that was crafted to close a legal loophole that enables people to avoid paying court-ordered property distributions by crossing state lines. The measure was named after Jane Maharam, who has been fighting since 1983 to force her ex-husband to return her assets and obey court orders.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today issued the following statement on President Obama’s announcement that he will nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the United States Supreme Court:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (CAL), today held a hearing on state taxation and the role Congress plays in developing tax apportionment standards for businesses.
“Taxing interstate commerce is a complicated issue that can hopefully be simplified for taxpayers,” said Congressman Cohen. “Today’s panel provided the subcommittee with valuable testimony that will go a long way toward helping Congress analyze and improve the tax structure.”
Washington, D.C. -- House Financial Services Committee Members Reps. Brad Miller (D-NC), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), and Ben Chandler (D-KY) today introduced legislation in the House of Representatives that would for the first time ever impose size and leverage limits on extremely large banks and other financial institutions. The bill, entitled “The Safe, Accountable, Fair, and Efficient Banking Act of 2010” is identical to legislation sponsored last week in the Senate by Sens. Ted Kaufman, Sherrod Brown, Bill Casey, and Sheldon Whitehouse.
WASHINGTON, D.C – Today, Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (CAL), held a hearing on legislation to increase funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) – a nonprofit group that provides federal grants to other nonprofits that provide legal assistance to low-income families across the country who cannot afford to hire an attorney.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Bar Association (ABA) last night presented Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) with its Day Award for his work to increase funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) – a nonprofit organization charged with providing legal assistance to low-income families across the country who cannot afford to hire an attorney. He also was recognized for addressing racial and ethnic disparities in the federal criminal justice system.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, President Barack Obama announced that he appointed Memphian Ed Stanton as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee. Ed Stanton, Senior Counsel for Federal Express Corporation, is a lifelong citizen of Memphis, Tennessee with a history of dedicated community service. He has a broad range of legal experience in government, private and corporate sectors, from which he has gained the requisite skills to serve as U.S. Attorney.