Floor Statements

Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) speaks on the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, March 4, about the tragic shootings that occurred over the weekend in Memphis, TN. Four adults and two children were shot or stabbed in the Binghamton community. Congressman Cohen advocates signing the COPS bill into law in order to provide more funding to local law enforcement officers across the country to prevent similar tragedies from happening again.

On Tuesday, February 26, 2008, Turkish troops entered Northern Iraq to fight members of the radical terrorist group, PKK. Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) discusses the upcoming meeting between Turkish officials and Defense Secretary Robert Gates on the Turkish attack.

Congressman Steve Cohen Manages Debate on the Floor for H.Con.Res 289 - Honoring and praising the NAACP on the occasion of its 99th anniversary.

Congressman Steve Cohen remembers the late Congressman Tom Lantos (CA-12). Congressman Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor ever to serve in Congress, died Monday of complications from cancer of the esophagus at Bethesda Naval Medical Center in Maryland. He was 80. He had served the 12th District of California since 1980.