Transportation
Information regarding my stance on Transportation issues.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) applauded today's House passage of two amendments he authored that will be part of the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength (COMPETES) Act that will be considered on Friday.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, today called attention to a comprehensive new guide from the Biden Administration to help Memphis and other local communities navigate all of the historic investments under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that only he and Congressman Jim Cooper (TN-05) voted for from the entire Tennessee Congressional delegation.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, today announced that the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) will provide funding to determine how to stabilize MLGW electricity transmission line towers threatened by erosion of the Wolf River banks between North Highland and Jackson Avenue north of Interstate 40. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will devote $50,000 to determining whether the project has a federal purpose.
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.