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Information regarding my stance on Transportation issues.

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July 12, 2024

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced that the Tennessee and Arkansas Departments of Transportation were successful in securing $393,750,000 for a new Interstate 55 Bridge over the Mississippi River at Memphis to be known as America’s River Crossing.

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July 10, 2024

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation, today offered an opening statement and questioned expert witnesses at a hearing entitled “Eliminating Bottlenecks: Examining Opportunities to Recruit, Retain and Engage Aviation Talent.”

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June 27, 2024

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today discussed the need for a new Interstate 55 bridge over the Mississippi River at an oversight hearing with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

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June 26, 2024

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today spoke in favor of and then voted for the Water Resources Development Act of 2024.

The vote to move the measure to the House floor was 61 to 2.

In opening remarks on the bill, Congressman Cohen said in part:

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June 24, 2024

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced that the City of Memphis will receive a $21,832,817 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program to fill the final gaps in the Wolf River Greenway.

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May 16, 2024

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) has introduced the bipartisan Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act, which would authorize a study to designate a 287-mile trail linking Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina as a National Scenic Trail. A companion measure was introduced in the Senate by Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia. The trail which crosses mountains and valleys and passes alongside streams and waterfalls is on federal land for 95 percent of its length and would be administered by the U.S.

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May 15, 2024

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May 13, 2024

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a grant of $750,000 from the National Science Foundation for Phase One of its Center for Electrified and Automated Trucking (CEAT) under the direction of Civil Engineering Professor Sabya Mishra.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

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May 10, 2024

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Senator Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, a member of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today introduced the DOT Victim and Survivor Advocate Act to create a crash victim-advocate position at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).