Transportation
Information regarding my stance on Transportation issues.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced that Tennessee will receive historically high levels of funding for the repair, rehabilitation and replacement of its bridges this year and for the next five years because of President Biden's Infrastructure Law, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which only Congressman Cohen and Congressman Jim Cooper (TN-05) from the Tennessee Congressional delegationvoted for last year.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and its Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, today discussed Memphis' priorities for the upcoming Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) and questioned expert witnesses about considering climate change and environmental justice impacts during the nationwide permitting process.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, today called attention to the Committee's release of a report on the General Services Administration's (GSA) handling of the lease of the Old Post Office in Washington to former President Donald Trump.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and its Subcommittee on Aviation, today announced that three Shelby County airports will receive $17,880,000 in new funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that he voted for and that President Biden signed into law last month.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, today announced that Tennessee will receive $1,119,497,252 for roads and bridges through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Congressman Cohen voted for the measure which President Biden signed into law last month.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and its Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials, today questioned expert witnesses at a hearing entitled "Leveraging the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Plans for Expanding Intercity Rail." Congressman Cohen introduced
WASHINGTON -- Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-09), and Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-04) and Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Massachusetts) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) today reintroduced the Forbidding Airlines from Imposing Ridiculous (FAIR) Fees Act. This bicameral legislation would prohibit airlines from charging fees – including bag, seating, cancellation, and change fees – that are not reasonable and proportional to the costs of the services actually provided.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today went to the floor to encourage bipartisan support for the Build Back Better social and climate infrastructure bill and to praise President Biden's leadership.
In his remarks, Congressman Cohen said in part:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today voted for and the House passed the Build Back Better Act, a once-in-generation investment in the people of our country and in the future of our climate.
WASHINGTON – As President Joe Biden touted the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act he signed into law on Monday with a tour earlier today of a General Motors plant in Detroit devoted to electric vehicles, Congressman Steve Cohen, a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, noted that Ford Motor Company's "Blue Oval City" investment in batteries and electric vehicles will transform the industry in West Tennessee.