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A group of liberal House Democrats stepped up criticism of President Trump on Wednesday, introducing a "no confidence" resolution that officially questions Trump's fitness to serve as commander in chief.
It logs a laundry list of controversies swirling around the president — including his campaign's many contacts with Russian officials, his refusal to release his taxes, his verbal attacks on women and the press, and his firing of FBI Director James Comey.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, today introduced a Resolution of No Confidence in President Donald J. Trump. The resolution details President Trump's unacceptable behavior as President and expresses a lack of confidence in his service. A copy of the resolution can be found here.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today questioned safety officials from the U.S. Department of Transportation about school bus safety and contracting oversight issues for bus drivers that may have contributed to the deaths of innocent Americans and school-aged children in Chattanooga, TN and Baltimore, MD in November 2016.
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today passed an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization bill introduced by Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) to require the FAA to establish a minimum seat size on commercial airlines as well as a minimum distance between rows of seats to protect the safety and health of airline passengers.
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced that he would be offering the bipartisan, bicameral Seat Egress in Air Travel (SEAT) Act (H.R. 1467/S.596) as an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization bill set to be considered before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Tuesday.
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced that the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority received a $5,331,003.00 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for multiple modernization improvements of the terminal Concourse B required to meet design requirements and installation of energy efficient materials. This grant funds phase 2 of design and completes the design of the project. It also funds phase 1 of 5 of construction and includes mobilization and required demolition.
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced that the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority received a $22,500,000.00 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for the construction of a 300,000 square yard deicing pad collection area at Memphis International Airport. This will be phase 1 of an estimated 5 phases of construction and includes the relocation of a road and construction of taxiway bridges.
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – One day after the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a hearing with airline executives entitled Oversight of U.S. Airline Customer Service, CNN reported that a least one airline is planning to shrink the distance between seats in some sections from 31 inches to as low as 29 inches and another is considering a similar move. Earlier this year, Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) introduced the bipartisan H.R.