Memphis
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today applauded House passage of his bill to name the VA Medical Center in Memphis for the late World War II combat pilot and career air traffic controller Lieutenant Colonel Luke Weathers Jr. The measure passed on a voice vote.
Congressman Cohen spoke of Lt. Col. Weathers in a floor speech before the vote and said in part:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, today discussed Russia’s genocide in Ukraine at a briefing with expert panelists.
In his opening remarks, Co-Chairman Cohen said in part:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen released the following statement commemorating this year’s Veterans Day:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Tennessee was awarded $82.2 million in funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Administered through the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) will hold a press conference on Wednesday, November 2, with representatives of Serenity Recovery Centers to discuss a grant totaling more than half a million dollars to Serenity Recovery Centers from the National Institute of General Medical Services for treatment for pregnant and postpartum women.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the Shelby County Board of Education will receive a rebate of up to $6,715,000 to replace 17 existing school buses with clean and zero-emission (ZE) models to reduce harmful emissions from older, dirtier buses.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) noted the passing of Honey Alexander, the wife of former Tennessee Governor and Senator Lamar Alexander, and made the following statement:
MEMPHIS -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) remembered the late Jerry Lee Lewis and made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, and the Commission’s Ranking Member, Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), today introduced a resolution recognizing October 30 as International Day of Political Prisoners.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and its Subcommittee on Aviation, today submitted a joint comment letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) seeking to ensure that it takes into consideration the demographics of all members of the flying public before promulgating a rule on minimum seat dimensions for airplane seats that are necessary for passenger safety.