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[WASHINGTON, D.C.] — Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement after Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan pulled H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act of 2017, or "Trumpcare," from the House floor for a vote:
If you have questions or problems with Social Security, Medicare, FHA, the VA or other federal agencies, I hope my staff can help. From 11:00am to 2:00pm on Friday, March 24, staff from my Memphis office will be on hand at the Ed Rice Community Center to answer your questions and provide assistance dealing with federal agencies.
Last year, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump condescendingly said to African-Americans, "You live in your poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs ... What the hell do you have to lose?"
We now know the answer: A lot.
Changes at the Department of Justice (DOJ), alone, are alarming. Instead of serving its traditional role as guardian of civil rights, DOJ is in full retreat. It has reversed course on voting rights, abandoning opposition to a Texas voter-ID law in which a federal court found 600,000 registered voters did not have IDs necessary to vote.
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] — Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) reacted today to the proposed elimination of funding for Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in the Administration's Fiscal Year 2018 budget.
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] — Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement on President Trump's Fiscal Year 2018 Budget:
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] — Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement on the report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on the Republican's American Health Care Act that shows 14 million more people would be uninsured by 2018, 24 million more people would be uninsured by 2026 and a $880 billion federal cut to Medicaid by 2026:
Dear Constituent,
Today, I met with local community leaders at Streets Ministries to urge my constituents to use the IRS Free File program to save money and maximize their refund this tax season. Free File is a public-private partnership between the IRS and tax preparation companies that provides 70 percent of all taxpayers – anyone who made $64,000 or less in 2016 – the best-known and most trusted commercial tax preparation software products at no cost.