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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-09), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today presided at a hearing on "Discrimination and the Civil Rights of the Muslim, Arab, and South Asian American Communities."
In his opening statement, Congressman Cohen said in part:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today voted for and the House passed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, making lynching for the first time a federal crime. Emmett Till was a Chicago teenager lynched in Money, Mississippi, not far south of Memphis, in 1955.
The vote was 422 to 3.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Co-Chairman of the Helsinki Commission, went to the floor of the House today to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He described leading last week's Helsinki Commission-sponsored fact-finding and supportive mission to Lithuania and to the Winter Meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly in Austria, and he called out the Russia leader for the attack.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced a bill to name the VA Medical Center in Memphis for Lt. Col. Luke J. Weathers Jr., a heroic fighter pilot and member of the Tuskegee Airmen.
WASHINGTON -- Representatives Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) today introduced legislation to prohibit discriminatory practices against individuals with disabilities who need Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS).
WASHINGTON -- Helsinki Commission Co-Chairman Representative Steve Cohen and Ranking Member Representative Joe Wilson (SC-02) along with Counter-Kleptocracy Caucus Co-Chairs Representative Tom Malinowski (NJ-07) and Representative John Curtis (UT-03) and fellow Commission members, Representatives Richard Hudson (NC-08), Gwen Moore (WI-04), Ruben Gallego (AZ-07), and Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05), as well as Representatives María Salazar (FL-27) and French Hill (AR-02) have sent a letter to House leadership asking that they consider immediat
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a $416,325 grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to conduct research entitled "The Role of Immature Tumor Subpopulations in Pediatric Rhabdomyosarcoma." This is the third NCI grant to St. Jude Congressman Cohen has announced this week.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a $174,789 grant from the National Science Foundation supporting a project entitled "CRII: III: Towards Effective and Efficient City-scale Traffic Reconstruction." The project is under the direction of Assistant Professor of Computer Science Weizi Li, Ph.D.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced the Keeping Evictions off Credit Reports Act. This bill would prevent evictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic from appearing on credit reports, which would negatively affect a person's future access to credit or housing.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Representatives Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Nanette Diaz Barragán (CA-44) today led a letter to the leaders of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and its Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment urging them to include various environmental justice provisions in the upcoming 2022 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA).
The letter reads in part: