Memphis

WASHINGTON -- One year after the American Rescue Plan became law, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced today that Tennessee's 9^th Congressional District has received $18,459,774

to date from the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Emergency Connectivity Fund Program (ECF).

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Co-Chairman of the Helsinki Commission, today wrote to President Biden, adding his name to a bipartisan call for additional military support, including Polish MiG-29s, for the defense of Ukraine.

The letter reads in part:

WASHINGTON—In response to indications that the Russian Federation may be contemplating employing chemical weapons or other weapons of mass destruction through "false flag" operations against the people of Ukraine, Helsinki Commission Co-Chairman Representative Steve Cohen (TN-09) issued the following statement:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Co-Chairman of the Helsinki Commission; Congressman Tom Malinowski (NJ-07), Co-Chairman of the Congressional Counter-Kleptocracy Caucus, and Congresswoman María Salazar (F-27) today wrote to President Biden asking him to sanction Russian oligarch Roman Abramovic and his ties to a New York-based financial consulting firm.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Co-Chairman of the Helsinki Commission; Congressman Tom Malinowski (NJ-07), Co-Chairman of the Congressional Counter-Kleptocracy Caucus, and Congresswoman María Salazar (F-27) today wrote to President Biden asking him to sanction Russian oligarch Roman Abramovic and his ties to a New York-based financial consulting firm.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, better known as the Helsinki Commission, today spoke virtually at the extraordinary session of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Parliamentary Assembly and pledged united American support for Ukrainian President Velodymyr Zenensky and the Ukrainian people.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), who began his legal career as the legal advisor to the Memphis Police Department when Gene Barksdale was serving there as an Inspector, made the following statement after learning of the late Sheriff Barksdale's passing:

MEMPHIS – Late Wednesday night, Congressman Cohen voted to pass an omnibus spending package to keep the government open and make transformative investments to help working families with the cost of living, create American jobs, and support the vulnerable. It also included $11.7 million in funding for the community projects in Tennessee's 9^th Congressional District that Congressman Cohen requested through this year's appropriations process.