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[Washington, D.C.] – The House Judiciary Committee today approved the Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act (H.R. 3279), legislation introduced by Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Congressman Doug Collins (R-GA), and Congressman Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) to increase transparency and give the public access to information about federal payments awarded under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA). The committee approved the bill by voice vote.

[Washington, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement regarding the House Benghazi Select Committee’s hearing with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

[Washington, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today attended the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony honoring the a group of men and women from 13 nations, known as the Monuments Men, for the work they did to protect and preserve artistically and culturally important artifacts that the Nazis planned to destroy during World War II. Congressman Cohen cosponsored the Monuments Men Recognition Act (H.R.

[Washington, D.C.] – Citing J. Edgar Hoover’s deplorable treatment of civil rights leaders, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced legislation to take the former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director’s name off the FBI building in Washington, DC. Congressman Cohen was joined by Reps. John Lewis (D-GA), John Conyers (D-MI), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Jared Polis (D-CO), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Bobby Rush (D-IL) and Karen Bass (D-CA).

[Washington, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement regarding the House Benghazi Select Committee’s hearing with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

[Washington, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, today announced the Department of Justice is monitoring the state investigation of the death of Darrius Stewart, a 19 year old African American Memphis man shot by a Memphis Police Officer following a routine traffic stop last summer. The Department of Justice also indicated it would take appropriate action if civil rights violations occurred.

[Washington, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, today released the following statement regarding the announcement that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) will now handle all inquiries into officer-involved deaths for the Memphis Police Department and Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.