Memphis
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] — In the wake of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) today introduced bipartisan legislation to commission a bust of Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel to be installed in the United States Capitol building in Washington, DC.
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] — Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement in observance of Yom Ha'Shoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day:
If you have questions or problems with Social Security, Medicare, FHA, the VA or other federal agencies, I hope my staff and I can help. From 11:00am to 2:00pm on Friday, April 21, staff from my Memphis office and I will be on hand at the Millington Public Library to answer your questions and provide assistance dealing with federal agencies.
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] — Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN), a member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission), and Congressman John Shimkus (R-IL), Co-Chair of the House Baltic Caucus and member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, introduced a bipartisan resolution today expressing strong support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the countries of Eastern Europe.
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, Congressman Lacy Clay (D-MO), and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today led a coalition of more than 90 members of Congress in introducing the Police Training and Independent Review Act in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. The Police Training and Independent Review Act would encourage states to use independent prosecutors to investigate and, if need be, prosecute instances of police use of deadly force.
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] — Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) appointed David K. Dunning to be the new director of the Memphis VA Medical Center: