Memphis
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today voted no on the National Defense Authorization Act that contains $45 billion more than President Biden requested earlier this year.
The vote on passage was 350 to 80.
After the vote, Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today voted for the Respect for Marriage Act, protecting the rights of couples in seme-sex and interracial marriages.
The vote on passage was 258 to 169.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a vocal critic of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), today took note of the Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division board’s vote rejecting a long-term contract with the federal power supplier, and made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Christ Community Health Services will receive a $596,740 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to expand its COVID-19 vaccination capacity.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today applauded the U.S. Senate’s passage Tuesday night of his bill naming the Memphis VA Medical Center for the late World War II combat pilot Lieutenant Colonel Luke Weathers Jr. The measure now goes to President Biden to be signed into law.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today led a letter with ten Members of Congress asking President Biden and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to declare a pediatric health emergency to address the worsening public health crisis involving children.
The letter reads in part:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the Shelby County Health Department will receive $11,452,467 to improve critical public health infrastructure from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Strengthening U.S. Public Health Infrastructure, Workforce and Data Systems program.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) and 11 Congressional colleagues today sent a letter to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy urging them to condemn former President Donald Trump’s recent antisemitic remarks and stand in solidarity with Jewish Americans.
The letter reads in part:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today questioned expert witnesses at an Aviation Subcommittee hearing on “Accessible Air Travel: Addressing Challenges for Passengers with Disabilities.”
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) reacted to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision, announced today, that she would not to seek a leadership position in the 118th Congress but would remain in Congress, and made the following statement: