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MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), House Co-Chairman of the Helsinki Commission, watched the meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky and made the following statement:
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today introduced a bill that would reauthorize the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond (SOAR) to Health and Wellness Act. This legislation aims to renew and continue essential training for healthcare professionals and social workers in identifying and responding to victims of human trafficking.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, discussed his Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond (SOAR) to Health and Wellness Act that provides training to health care professionals in detecting victims of sex trafficking, at a Crime Subcommittee hearing on Protecting Victims of Human Trafficking and Online Exploitation. The bill was re-introduced today.
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive two grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The first, an $894,735 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), is for research into a novel imaging agent to delineate osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease. The second, a $277,500 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), is for research related to epilepsy.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today received a perfect 100 percent score from the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) for its 2024 National Environmental Scorecard. Congressman Cohen's score was the highest awarded to a member of Tennessee's Congressional Delegation.
None of the other eight members of the House of Representatives from Tennessee, all Republicans, received higher than a 6 percent score, and four received zeroes.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today spoke from the House floor and later voted against the Republican budget resolution for the Fiscal Year 2025 that also sets budget levels through 2034.
The measure passed on a 217 to 215 vote.
In his floor speech, Congressman Cohen said in part:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) tonight held a telephone town hall meeting to discuss issues on the minds of his constituents as the second month of the tumultuous second Trump term got under way with slashes in federal jobs and programs and harm to the reputation of the United States in the world.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today responded to the 51-49 Senate vote confirming Kash Patel as the next Director of the FBI, and made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) has been appalled at a series of President Trump’s dangerous and illegal actions and has created a “Tracker” page on his official web site to keep track of them.
Please consider going to Cohen.House.gov/TrumpAdminTracker to see the full listing and latest updates.
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MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), who asked Governor Bill Lee to reconsider a decision not to participate a summer food program for children then released a statement saying his decision was “cruel,” tonight condemned the inadequate alternative summer food program the governor has proposed.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement: