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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today spoke in favor of the Assuring Robust, Thorough, and Informed Congressional Leadership is Exercised Over National Emergencies (ARTICLE ONE) Act -- and voted to pass it favorably out of committee. The bill is now eligible for consideration by the full House of Representatives.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) spoke from the House floor today remembering singer-songwriter J.D. Souther, who passed Tuesday at 78. Souther wrote songs covered by the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt and others. In his remarks, Congressman Cohen recalled a living room concert Souther and Jackson Browne held during the Congressman’s first election to Congress in 2006 when they played “New Kid in Town” in his honor.

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.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $915,604 from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute for research on “Inhaled Nitric Oxide for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.”

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) applauded the Senate confirmation of U.S. Attorney Kevin Ritz to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation, and Brian Mast, a Member of the Subcommittee, today led 30 bipartisan Members of Congress in a letter to Salvatore Sciacchitano, President of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council, expressing concern over the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) recent unilateral alteration of flight routes near Taiwan.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) learned of the death of former U.S. Attorney, Tennessee Attorney General and Memphis City Council Member Mike Cody on Monday and made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Memphis and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive grants from the National Science Foundation for a project focused on “Racial Equity in STEM Education.”