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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) today introduced the DUI Reporting Act to address the loophole in our nation's drunken-driving laws that enables repeat DUI offenders to be charged and tried as first-time offenders because of inconsistent reporting.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) received a 100 percent scores from the League of Conservation Voters on Tuesday after its assessment of his voting record. In addition to his 100 percent score this year from the League, Congressman Cohen has the highest lifetime conservation score of the entire Tennessee congressional delegation.
Congressman Cohen welcomed the recognition and made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) received a 100 percent score from the NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice for his voting record during the first session of the 115th Congress. The group said his votes "demonstrate a solid commitment to protecting the common good."
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) and co-sponsors Ann Wagner, Tony Cardenas and Adam Kinzinger praised passage of the Stop, Observe, Ask and Respond (SOAR) to Health and Wellness Training Program (H.R. 767) today, a measure aimed at detecting ongoing human trafficking activity. The Representatives made the following statements:
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), the ranking member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, joined his colleagues in asking Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte to bring gun violence prevention legislation before the committee, and made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) will attend a "Congress on Your Corner" event on Friday, where he and his district staff will be available to address constituents' questions and concerns regarding federal agencies such as the Social Security Administration, Medicare, Medicaid and Veterans Affairs.
Details:
Where: Cherokee Library, 3300 Sharpe Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38111
When: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
WASHINGTON – Upon learning of today's announcement of State Representative Johnnie Turner's retirement, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) issued the following statement:
"I am proud to have worked with Representative Turner, both in her capacity as Executive Secretary of the NAACP and in the Tennessee General Assembly. Like her husband, she has been a voice of truth and a fighter for justice, and is among the last of a generation of civil rights leaders who have done so much for Memphis. I appreciate her many years of dedicated service, and she will be missed in Nashville."
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) reacted to today's Grand Jury indictments against 13 Russian nationals by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of pro-Trump Russian influence in the 2016 campaign, and made the following statement:
"The Russians' use of false U.S. personas and social media designed to attract U.S. audiences with divisive political and social issues was clearly intended to sway American voters, and succeeded. Russian manipulation influenced the psychology of American voters.