Millington
I am pleased to be representing the people of Millington. I’ve worked to address post office issues in Millington and am particularly pleased to represent the Millington Naval Base.
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[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) this morning hosted a telephone town hall to answer his constituents’ questions about the issues facing Tennessee’s Ninth Congressional District and the nation. During the telephone town hall meeting, the Congressman discussed a wide variety of issues including the 2016 omnibus federal funding bill; the federal highway funding bill to improve our roads, bridges, and mass transit; efforts in Congress to reform our criminal justice system; and assisting constituents with navigating federal agencies.
I will host a telephone town hall Tuesday morning, March 15, to answer his constituents’ questions about the issues facing the Ninth District and the nation, as well as my work in Congress. The telephone town hall meeting will begin at 11AM CT and last approximately one hour. Constituents who would like to participate in the telephone town hall can RSVP by visiting www.cohen.house.gov.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) will be among a group of U.S. Representatives and Senators slated to join President Barack Obama on his historic trip to Cuba on March 20-22. President Obama will be the first president to visit Cuba in 88 years after announcing in 2014 that he intended to re-establish diplomatic relations with the country. In August 2015, Congressman Cohen joined U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and a bipartisan delegation of U.S. Senators and Representatives at the official re-opening of the United States Embassy in Havana, Cuba.
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today sent a letter to Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) President and CEO Bill Johnson highlighting the inequalities in the TVA’s proposed pension cuts for its workers and executives.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today welcomed Senator Richard Blumenthal’s (D-CT) announcement that he will offer an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Bill when it’s considered before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee to require the FAA to adopt minimum seat-size standards for commercial airlines, and work with Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) to help advance this issue in the Senate.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today welcomed Senator Charles Schumer’s (D-NY) announcement that he plans to offer an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Bill to require the FAA to establish seat-size standards for commercial airlines. Congressman Cohen, a member of the House Aviation Subcommittee, is the author of bipartisan legislation in the House, the Seat Egress in Air Travel Act (H.R.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) today released the following statement on the decision to relocate the Director of the Memphis Veterans Administration Medical Center, Dr. C. Diane Knight to the Office of Primary Care Service Line at VISN 9 in Nashville, TN.