Tennessee
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) recalled his good friend and colleague and "the Mayor of Midtown," Mark Flanagan, who passed away on June 15, and released the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the Committee on Natural Resources and its Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, today urged his colleagues to pass his H.R. 7398, the Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act. The measure would end the practice of rewarding hunters for killing animals on federally owned land in contests that advance no legitimate wildlife-management purposes.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a longtime advocate of improving U.S. relations with Cuba, today co-led a letter with Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and 24 Congressional colleagues commending President Biden for reversing several ill-advised Trump Administration policies toward the island nation. The letter recommends the Biden Administration review U.S. policy toward Cuba to facilitate global vaccine equity and ensure that U.S.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $308,000 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for research involving the rapamycin complex 1, a protein complex that controls protein synthesis.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today voted for and the House passed S. 4160, the Supreme Court Police Parity Act. The measure authorizes the Supreme Court Police to protect the families of Supreme Court justices if there is a threat against them. The vote comes days after a 26-year-old California man armed with a gun and a knife was arrested on attempted murder charges after threatening to kill Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a grant of $691,425 from the National Cancer Institute for research on a rare soft tissue cancer known as rhabdomyosarcomas (RMS).
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Shelby County's Ryan White HIV/AIDS program will receive $1,013,563 from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) joined Congressman Peter DeFazio (OR-04) and 17 other members in introducing the Social Security Expansion Act. The measure would increase benefits by $2,400 a year and fully fund the popular program past 2096 without raising taxes on over 93 percent of Americans.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, today spoke from the floor in support of and then voted for the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act. The measure establishes nationwide access to extreme risk protection orders through the federal courts to ensure that those who pose a threat to themselves or others do not have access to firearms.