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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 (TN-9) today applauded the Biden Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program that has already provided debt relief to 610,000 student borrowers, including at least 58,000 in Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District that he represents.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, spoke from the House floor Tuesday evening after returning from a Commission-sponsored fact-finding trip to Ukraine.
In his speech, Congressman Cohen said in part:
WASHINGTON -- With disability-related complaints regarding air travel up 50 percent in the last year, Representatives Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) and Pete Stauber (R-MN-8) and Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and John Thune (R-SD) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to improve air travel for passengers with disabilities, notably passengers who use wheelchairs and other mobility aids. The bipartisan Mobility Aids on Board Improve Lives and Empower All (MOBILE) Act would help ensure the U.S.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and its Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee, today applauded the Federal Railroad Administration’s funding opportunity for $5.8 million in the Interstate Rail Compacts (IRC) Program created by his Interstate Rail Compacts Advancement Act that became law when the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act became law in 2021.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today commemorated Tom Lee Day, recalling the courage and heroism of Mr. Lee, who rescued 32 people from the capsized M.E. Norman on this day in 1925.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a $479,100 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to conduct therapeutic genome editing research.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON -- Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-9), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Vern Buchanan (FL-16) and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) have introduced the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act to ban the harmful practice of “soring” horses. The legislation is endorsed by the Humane Society Legislative Fund.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen, the Ranking Member of the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), traveled to Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday to speak with President Volodymyr Zelensky and show his support for Ukraine’s war effort. Congressman Cohen was accompanied by Helsinki Commission Chairman Joe Wilson and Member Victoria Spartz, who was born in Ukraine. U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink and U.S.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee, today questioned expert witnesses at a hearing on Reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration entitled “Examining the Current and Future Challenges Facing the Aerospace Workforce.”
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today reintroduced the Latonya Reeves Freedom Act, assuring that the Supreme Court’s Olmstead ruling, giving the disabled the qualified right to receive the services they need in a setting of their choice, is honored. The measure has 58 bipartisan House cosponsors.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement: