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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-4) and Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey today led a letter to President Trump and his pardon czar, Alice Marie Johnson, seeking the commutation of the sentences of all serving in federal prisons for non-violent marijuana-related offenses.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today applauded provisions included in the five-year surface transportation bill – Build America 250 – marked up Thursday by the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The bill contains parts of several measures he introduced or championed.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today introduced six Articles of Impeachment against Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts for committing high crimes and misdemeanors by violating the Constitution, disregarding his statutory obligations as Chief Justice, and breaching his oaths of office.
Dear Friend,
This morning I made public my decision not to run in any of the three gerrymandered congressional districts carved out of the 9th District I have represented for more than 19 years. The state General Assembly last week diluted the Black vote in thirds to make Republican victories likely. Cases are pending that could restore the 9th District to its current contours until 2028 and, if we prevail, I will remain a candidate in the 9th, but that appears unlikely.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen, who has represented Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District for more than 19 years, held a press conference at his office in Washington this morning to announced that he will not be a candidate for any of the newly drawn Congressional seats carved out of the 9th. His majority-Black district was gerrymandered into three Republican-leaning districts by the state General Assembly last week.
He made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen, who has represented Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District for more than 19 years, will hold a press conference at his office in Washington Friday morning to discuss his decision about his political future. His majority-Black district was gerrymandered into three Republican-leaning districts by the state General Assembly last week.
What: A press conference to discuss Congressman Cohen’s political future
When: Friday, May 15, at 11 a.m.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today led a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urging him to rescind any consideration of producing a gold coin with the likeness of President Donald J. Trump, noting that the plan “conflicts with federal law, congressional precedent, and well-established principles governing United States currency.” Current federal law stipulates: “Only the portrait of a deceased individual may appear on United States currency and securities.”
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the State of Tennessee will receive $20,219,887 for Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Corporation and Shelby County Healthcare Corporation (Regional One) for expenses they incurred in responding to the COVID-19 emergency declared in April 2020. The funding is from the Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, discussed the travesty for representation that is the partisan Congressional redistricting of Tennessee’s 9th District. The majority-minority Tennessee Congressional District that Congressman Cohen has represented for more than 19 years was divided into three Republican-leaning districts by the Tennessee General Assembly last week.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $466,103 from the National Eye Institute for research on sphingolipid signaling in vesicating ocular injury under the direction of Dr. Nawajes Mandal, a professor in the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Sphingolipids are a type of lipid found mainly in the membranes of cells which act on multiple different types of proteins to alter cellular functions.