Tennessee

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) tonight applauded the inclusion of his priorities in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a measure providing for our national defense in the fiscal year that begins October 1. The measure, which passed the House 295 to 125 and for which Congressman Cohen voted, includes language that authorizes a $2 million multi-drone/multi-sensor intelligence program that will be housed at the University of Memphis.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation, today wrote to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Chairman Peter DeFazio of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Rick Larsen to express his concern about the misguided formula for airport relief authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act that went into effect in late March.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today went to the well of the House to deliver remarks on the passing of Georgia Congressman, Civil Rights leader and his friend John Lewis:

"It's said, when you come to the House, you sometimes walk with giants. Rarely do you get to walk with a saint. John Lewis was a saint. He was heavenly. He embodied the spirit of Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi. He exhibited that in his life, his work, his votes and in his advice to his colleagues.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) released the following statement on learning that Georgia Congressman and Civil Rights legend John Lewis has died:

"America has lost a hero. I have lost a hero, a dear friend, a ‘good trouble' cohort and colleague. It has been an honor to know and serve with this gentleman. He was the embodiment of Dr. King, Mahatma Gandhi, and heaven on earth."

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today paid his respects to the Reverend C.T. Vivian, a leader of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s who died today in Atlanta at the age of 95.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced the Share America's Diverse History in the Capitol Act, which would allow states to send three statues to be displayed in the National Statuary Collection. The bill also encourages them to honor women and members of ethnic and racial minority groups, now underrepresented in memorials inside the U.S. Capitol, to celebrate their contributions to our shared heritage.

States currently send two statues for placement in Statuary Hall, Emancipation Hall and elsewhere in the U.S. Capitol complex.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today applauded inclusion of his language transferring the operation and maintenance of the Memphis flood control system to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Water Resources Development Act during a markup Wednesday. The proposal is consistent with the Corps' Mississippi River and Tributaries Project management of other flood control systems in the lower Mississippi River Valley that protect communities from devastating flooding.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced that his two report language requests were included in the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill that was approved by the Appropriations Committee today and is being considered by the full House of Representatives later this month. His two report language requests relate to the prioritization of complete street plans and the completion of a rulemaking to improve rear truck trailer guards.