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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today led a letter with Congresswomen Valerie Foushee (NC-4) and Debbie Dingell (MI-6) to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin urging him to withdraw a proposal to weaken federal safeguards regulating coal ash pollution. The letter has 30 additional Congressional co-signers.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a grant of $599,826 for its Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program under the direction of Dr. Susan Neely-Barnes. The funding is from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
“Federal investments in workforce development lead to greater productivity and higher job satisfaction. I congratulate the University for seeking and securing this grant funding.”
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive three grants totaling $1,820,304 from three National Institutes of Health (NIH).
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today spoke at the third Republican-led hearing attacking the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and focused on the clearly false allegations that it is animated by antisemitism.
Addressing hearing witness Bryan Fair, SPLC’s President and CEO, directly, Congressman Cohen said in part:
WASHINGTON – In response to press inquiries, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) offered the following statement regarding his decision not to continue pursuing a lawsuit against the Republican state legislature’s redistricting maps:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today introduced the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) Clarification in Sciences Act to provide an accurate and up-to-date scientific basis for the evaluation of substances reviewed for scheduling under the 1970 CSA statute.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) spoke from the House floor tonight urging his colleagues to support a resolution, the Support Ukraine Act, supporting aide to Ukraine in its fight against Russia.
In those remarks, he said in part:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, again today called for the impeachment of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts at a committee markup of a Constitutional Amendment on composition of the high court. Congressman Cohen introduced six Articles of Impeachment against Roberts on May 21.
In his remarks, Congressman Cohen said in part:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today spoke from the House floor in favor of the Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act he cosponsored and later voted for the measure which passed by voice vote.
In his remarks, Congressman Cohen noted that the 288-mile scenic hiking trail connects Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina and crosses the Appalachian Trail six times. One 93-mile stretch is in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.