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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today commended Governor Bill Haslam for signing a bill into law ending the practice of housing juvenile pretrial detainees in adult prison and called on Congress to pass the No Money Bail Act (H.R. 1437) to help stop the practice of conditioning pretrial release on a defendant's ability to pay. Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) condemned in the strongest terms an anticipated new Trump Administration rule that would withhold funds from any health care facility that promotes abortion or refers patients to abortion providers, and made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, fondly recalled Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, who argued the landmark case that ended the separate but equal doctrine and led to the desegregation of public schools. The ruling came down on this date in 1954. The Congressman made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), the ranking member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, said today that the committee has misplaced its priorities with a bill, advanced during Washington's annual "Police Week," that would ease restrictions for police to carry guns into Social Security offices on personal errands, when the Senate has now confirmed Russian interference in the 2016 elections.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) decried the treatment of a 16-year-old Memphis girl who has not been convicted but was held 40 days at the adult West Tennessee State Penitentiary before her bail was posted by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, a national human rights organization. The Congressman made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – President Trump finally made a call to James Shaw Jr., the hero who disarmed the April 22 Nashville Waffle House shooter, on Monday, a day after Steve Cohen (TN-09) chided Trump for not having done so in an MSNBC interview Sunday. The Congressman made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Sunday, May 13, is Mother's Day. In recognition of the holiday, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) released the following statement:
"I lost my mother in 2010 but miss her and think of her every day. For those who still have their mothers, value every moment you have with them. A mother is irreplaceable and too soon you'll know it.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) recognized Teacher Appreciation Week and released the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the House Transportation Committee's Aviation Subcommittee, joined Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao today in announcing the selection of the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority's application to operate as a test site for integrating unmanned aircraft systems into the nation's airspace.
The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program (UASIPP) will demonstrate new and expanded commercial drone systems and expedite their safe use.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced Wednesday that the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has presented a grant for $717,765 to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). This money will be used to advance research on angiotensins and prostaglandins-adrenergic interactions.