Transportation
Information regarding my stance on Transportation issues.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), who served on Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure with former Congressman Paul Mitchell, a Michigan Republican, today expressed sadness at his passing on Sunday, and made the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen, a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, secured the inclusion of several pieces of legislation in the bipartisan infrastructure framework, or the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, that passed today in the Senate. The bipartisan infrastructure bill includes the Multiple Substance Impaired Driving Prevention Act in its entirety, the Interstate Rail Compacts Advancement Act in its near entirety, and parts of the Stop Underrides Act and the Complete Streets Act.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) tonight voted for a seven-bill "minibus" that includes major increases in spending for SNAP, WIC, school nutrition programs, the Small Business Administration, consumer protection agencies, veterans affairs and veterans medical services, rental assistance, housing for the elderly and transit programs. It also includes funding for many of his highest priority community project requests:
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and its Subcommittee on Aviation, today asked the Inspector General of the U.S.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, today led a letter with Senator Edward J. Markey and Representatives Adriano Espaillat, Ruben Gallego and Jake Auchincloss to House and Senate leaders requesting that "Complete Streets" principles be incorporated into the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework now being negotiated.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Cohen (TN-09) today announced that all of his highest priority spending requests were included by subcommittees of the House Appropriations Committee in their Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations bills. Among the approved requests is $3 million for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for improvements to Tom Lee Park along the Mississippi River waterfront, which is included in the Energy and Water appropriations bill.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Cohen applauded the Biden Administration for taking steps to protect consumers from airline fees. Today's executive order directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue new rules demanding airlines to quickly refund fees if baggage is delayed or if other services, such as wireless internet or in-flight entertainment, do not operate properly.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a staunch opponent of the Byhalia Connection oil pipeline planned to cross southwest Memphis neighborhoods, who has made the case about its potential harm to the aquifer supplying Memphis with drinking water to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and to both President Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, expressed satisfaction and relief at news that the project has been abandoned.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, today voted for and the House passed an ambitious, five-year surface transportation bill containing several of his legislative priorities.