Women's Issues
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today wrote to Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro of the U.S. Government Accountability Office seeking a review of the federal government’s costs associated with treating patients who used asbestos-contaminated Johnson & Johnson baby powder and became ill because of their exposure to this known carcinogen.
The letter reads in part:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) will hold a press conference on Wednesday, November 2, with representatives of Serenity Recovery Centers to discuss a grant totaling more than half a million dollars to Serenity Recovery Centers from the National Institute of General Medical Services for treatment for pregnant and postpartum women.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly’s special representative for political prisoners, today condemned the Iranian response to protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died in custody after being arrested by Iran’s Morality Police for allegedly violating strict hijab rules.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, today wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland seeking an update on the status of a Justice Department investigation into baby powder contaminated with carcinogenic asbestos and marketed to women of color.
The letter reads in part:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today spoke from the House floor in favor of and then voted for the Right to Contraception Act.
The vote on passage was 228 to 195.
In his floor remarks, Congressman Cohen said in part:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Chairman of the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, condemned the 6-3 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that effectively ends the Constitutional right to an abortion, and made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) plans to vote on the Infant Formula Supplemental Appropriations Act tonight to address the acute shortage of infant formula caused by a supply disruption in Michigan. This supplemental appropriations bill provides $28 million in emergency funding for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), providing FDA the resources it needs to address the current urgent infant formula shortage and to help prevent it from ever happening again.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today questioned expert witnesses at a hearing entitled "Revoking Your Rights: The Ongoing Crisis in Abortion Care Access."
In his questions, Congressman Cohen said an effort is under way to outlaw abortion in all 50 states, and continued:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today addressed the House of Representatives as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization involving Mississippi's restrictive abortion law.
In his remarks, Congressman Cohen said in part: