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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have limited law enforcement authority beyond immigration issues and had no right to stop Renee Nicole Good before an ICE agent shot and killed her last week.

At a committee markup today, Congressman Cohen also condemned the Trump administration’s baseless characterization of the 37-yer-old American citizen and mother of three as a domestic terrorist.

WASHINGTON – Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Tom McClintock (CA-5), the Co-Chairs of the Congressional Iran Human Rights and Democracy Caucus, today released the following statement:

“We stand in solidarity with the people of Iran as they courageously rise to demand their fundamental rights and a future rooted in freedom, dignity, and democratic governance. Across cities and communities, Iranians have made clear their aspiration for a democratic, non-nuclear republic that respects political pluralism, the rule of law, and basic human rights.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today wrote an eighth letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in an effort to understand Trump Administration immigration policy and the surge in employment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The letter was sent a day after an ICE agent killed an American citizen in Minneapolis.

The letter reads in part:

Dear Secretary Noem:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today voted for a fiscal year 2026 appropriations bill to fund more than $3 million for U.S. Department of Justice-funded community projects in Memphis and Shelby County.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today addressed the shooting death of a 37-year-old U.S. citizen by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Wednesday in Minneapolis at a committee markup. 

In his remarks, Congressman Cohen said in part:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement in response to today’s fatal shooting by an agent of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE):

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee who was in House Chamber when insurrectionists attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, questioned expert witnesses and then testified about his experience that day at a special hearing on the fifth anniversary of that violent attempt to prevent the peaceful transfer of presidential power.