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As a fourth-generation Memphian, I have dedicated my life to public service in Memphis and Shelby County. My work has defined my life and affected the lives of people in Memphis, across Tennessee and now across America throughout my career in national, state and local politics.
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WASHINGTON – Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-9) and John Rutherford (FL-5) reintroduced the bipartisan Re-Entry Support Through Opportunities for Resources and Essentials (RESTORE) Act, to repeal the ban on SNAP benefits for drug offenders and allow them to apply to the program before their release dates. The bill would also codify the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) waiver that allows ex-offenders to apply for SNAP up to 30 days before they are released, increasing the likelihood they will be able to meet basic needs as soon as they re-enter society.
MEMPHIS -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Memphis International Airport President and CEO Terry Blue will hold a press conference on Friday to discuss $50.6 million in investments in the airport announced last month. News media representatives will also be able to see the new commercial vehicle lane from which Uber and Lyft will operate.
What: A media availability to discuss major new investments and ongoing revitalization at Memphis International Airport
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) released the following statement after learning that the Trump Commerce Department cut funding to the Minority Business Development Center, causing it to shut down after 13 years:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), who began his legal career as a legal advisor to the Memphis Police Department, learned of the passing of longtime Memphis Police officer and Shelby County Sheriff Bill Oldham Thursday and made the following statement:
“I had the greatest regard for Bill Oldham’s professionalism and character. He was one of the best sheriffs we’ve had in Shelby County. I extend my sincere condolences to his family, his colleagues in law enforcement, and his many friends.”
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), who as the Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee authored and successfully worked to enact into law consumer protections for air travelers, today blasted the Trump Administration’s reported consideration of airline industry proposals to dismantle rules safeguarding passengers such as compensation for passengers for lengthy delays or cancellations caused by air carriers. He also criticized a request to the U.S.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), watched Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testify before the Senate Finance Committee today and released the following statement:
“Despite having been a friend of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as a polio survivor and post-polio syndrome victim and after having watched Kennedy testify before the Senate Finance Committee, it is my duty on behalf of all polio victims past and present to ask him to resign or ask the president to remove him.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) on Tuesday evening spoke from the House floor and then signed the bipartisan discharge petition to force a vote on releasing the federal government’s records of its investigations of allegations that financier and former Trump best friend Jeffrey Epstein engaged in sexual abuse of under-aged girls.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today questioned the premise of a Republican-inspired hearing on “Europe’s Threat to American Speech and Innovation,” calling it “disingenuous.”
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $3,078,607 from the National Institute on Aging to study the relationship between a shortage of antioxidants and age-associated cognitive decline under the direction of Dr. Megan Mulligan.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive two grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) totaling $1,486,541. The first, for $735,373, is from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, for advancing pantothenate kinase activation therapy, under the direction of Dr. Richard E. Lee. The second, for $751,168, is from the National Cancer Institute for the evaluation of cardiovascular outcomes among survivors of 2 Echos-2, under the direction of Dr. Matthew J. Ehrhardt.