Memphis
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today voted for and the House passed a six-bill appropriations minibus containing nine community projects requested by Congressman Cohen worth $17,148,332, including funding for Overton Park Memphis Zoo parking, the Mississippi River cobblestone landing riverfront project, redevelopment of Foote Park at South City Community Homes and the redevelopment of Porter Junior High.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (the U.S. Helsinki Commission) today questioned expert witnesses at a hearing entitled "Behind Enemy Lines: Life in Ukraine's Newly Occupied Territories."
WASHINGTON – Days before his childhood hero, Minnie Minoso of the Chicago White Sox, is inducted posthumously into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, on Sunday, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) called attention to his pending legislation, the Baseball Diplomacy Act.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, today spoke in favor of and then voted for the Respect for Marriage Act.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, today questioned Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg at an oversight hearing on the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that became law last year.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen will host the renaming ceremony of the Odell Horton Federal Building on Monday, July 25. News media representatives are welcome to attend.
What: The renaming of the Memphis federal building to honor the late U.S. District Judge Odell Horton
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Southwest Tennessee Community College will receive a grant of $2,673,526 and Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences will receive a grant of $43,244 from the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) tonight voted no on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
The vote on passage was 329 to 101.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $192,500 grant to conduct research on synapses from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), who introduced the Multiple Substance Impaired Driving Prevention Act and succeeded in getting it signed into law as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, today received the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility (Responsibility.org) 2021 Leadership Award. This award is presented to a select few Members of Congress for their leadership in the fight against impaired driving and underage drinking.