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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 – Congressman Steve Cohen, the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution, introduced an amendment today during a committee proceeding to obtain documents from the Department of Justice relating to foreign investments in businesses owned by President Trump, as well as those relating to efforts by Felix Sater, Michael Cohen and Ivanka Trump to expand Trump Organization's holdings in Russia during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, including efforts to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. His amendment was offered to H Res.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, released the following statement after yet another 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, this one upholding President Trump's Muslim travel ban:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, released the following statement in response to today's 5-4 ruling in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra:
Cohen Announces Nearly Half a Million Dollars in St. Jude Funding
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) has awarded $493,625 to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for research regarding schizophrenia.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), the Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, today introduced amendments to the annual Department of Defense spending bill for Fiscal Year 2019 to prohibit the federal government from spending money at businesses owned by President Trump.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced legislation to address America's unacceptably high infant mortality rate with concrete measures in the Nationally Enhancing the Wellbeing of Babies through Outreach and Research Now (NEWBORN) Act.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) urged Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to honor today's request from several airlines not to use their services to transport immigrant children separated from their parents as a result of the Trump Administration's "Zero Tolerance" policy. He made the following statement:
"The desire by American Airlines and other airlines to avoid being parties to a Trump Administration policy decision separating children from their parents on the border is an example of good corporate citizenship.
WASHNGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) condemned the Trump Administration policy change that has separated nearly 2,000 children from their parents along the Mexican border in recent weeks. He made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), who introduced the Seat Egress in Air Travel (SEAT) Act to require the FAA to establish minimum seat sizes and distances between rows to help address concerns about the safe evacuation of airplanes in emergencies, applauded this week's decision by the Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Transportation (DOT) to audit the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) oversight of the actual time it takes to safely evacuate various aircraft models.
WASHINGTON – At a joint House Oversight and Government Reform and Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) elicited testimony from U.S. Justice Department Inspector general Michael E. Horowitz that former FBI Director James Comey had an "strong reputation" for truth and veracity and that Horowitz never identified what President Trump has referred to as a "den of thieves" within the FBI. See video of the exchange here.