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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today joined Congressional colleagues in sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expressing concern over reports that he granted Elon Musk access to the federal government’s expansive payments system. Congressman Cohen also cosponsored the Taxpayer Data Protection Act introduced today.

The letter reads in part:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee, today addressed the recent aviation accidents in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia that took the lives of 74 people.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Senator Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico, a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, reintroduced the bicameral DOT Victim and Survivor Advocate Act to create a new role designated as the “National Roadway Safety Advocate” at the Department of Transportation (DOT). The advocate will be responsible for working directly with roadway safety crash victims, survivors, and their families. 

WASHINGTON – Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-9), Don Bacon (NE-2), Lloyd Doggett (TX-37) and Lance Gooden (TX-5) today introduced a measure to include the Czech Republic on the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the U.S. with E-1 visas if U.S. nationals are treated similarly by the Government of the Czech Republic.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced the Fort Pillow National Battlefield Park Study Act, legislation that would direct the Department of the Interior to conduct a resource study to determine whether the location of an infamous massacre of Black Union soldiers in the waning months of the Civil War qualify it as a National Park Service site.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Tom McClintock (CA-5), co-chairs of the Congressional Iran Human Rights and Democracy Caucus, today released the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) led a letter with 42 Congressional colleagues today asking President Trump to reconsider his potentially calamitous decision to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO). Citing the many benefits the U.S. receives through participation in WHO programs and cooperative agreements, the members argue that the organization is essential to global public health and the U.S. economy. They also contend that the U.S. pays dues based on a well-reasoned formula in line with its GDP and population but notes that much more U.S.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today introduced a Congressional resolution commending efforts to eradicate the wild poliovirus. As a child, Congressman Cohen contracted the disease which still affects his daily life.