Transportation
Information regarding my stance on Transportation issues.
Today, Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) are leading their colleagues in a bicameral letter expressing their serious concerns regarding the final rule on rear underride protection recently issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on June 30th.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) tonight commended FedEx founder Fred Smith and Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Taylor Branch and Isabel Wilkerson on being named the 2022 winners of the National Civil Rights Museum's prestigious Freedom Award.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – On Wednesday, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, will hold a press conference with Federal Transit Administration Administrator Nuria Fernandez, Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) CEO Gary Rosenfeld and local elected officials to discuss two recently announced Department of Transportation grants totaling $76.3 million to revitalize the city's bus system.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will provide the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) with two grants totaling $76,378,905 to revitalize the city's bus system.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation, today announced that Millington-Memphis Airport will receive a $2,976,000 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Contract Tower Competitive Grant Program to renovate the 80-year-old air traffic control tower, including a new roof, waterproofing, asbestos abatement, windows, HVAC and other interior and exterior finishes.
WASHINGTON – Representatives Steve Cohen (TN-09), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (IL-04), and Jamie Raskin (MD-08), along with Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), today introduced the Cash Refunds for Flight Cancellations Act, which would provide consumers an enforceable right to a full cash refund for flight and ticket cancellations.
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.
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.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today went to the House floor to speak about the worldwide phenomena of price inflation and high gasoline prices, and made clear President Biden is not to blame for either one.
In his speech, he said in part: