Press Releases

Congressman Cohen Questions Attorney General Barr

July 28, 2020 Press Release
Oversight hearing probes efforts to protect the President
Issues:
9th District, Judiciary, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee

Congressman Cohen Introduces Airport Infrastructure Readiness (AIR) Act

July 27, 2020 Press Release
Provides airports with greater certainty amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Issues:
9th District, Economy and Jobs, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, Transportation

Congressman Cohen Pays His Respects to Congressman John Lewis

July 27, 2020 Press Release
Attends Capitol Rotunda ceremony with Congressional leaders
Issues:
9th District, Civil Rights, Education, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee

Representatives Cohen and Sewell and the Entire Alabama Congressional Delegation ask Governor Ivey to Rename Highway for the Late John Lewis

July 24, 2020 Press Release
Cohen and Sewell also introduce bill naming road from Montgomery to Selma the Voting Rights highway
Issues:
9th District, Civil Rights, Education, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, Transportation

Congressman Cohen Introduces the Citizen Participation Act

July 24, 2020 Press Release
Would prevent court system’s use to limit free speech
Issues:
9th District, Government Reform, Judiciary, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee

Congressman Cohen Celebrates 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act

July 24, 2020 Press Release
Personal experience led to early support for ADA
Issues:
9th District, Health Care, Memphis, Science and Technology, Shelby County, Tennessee

Congressman Cohen Seeks to Prevent Federal Spending at Businesses Owned by the President

July 23, 2020 Press Release
“The Presidency should be about serving the country…not about enriching yourself”
Issues:
9th District, Government Reform, Memphis, Shelby County

Congressman Cohen Chairs Helsinki Commission Hearing on Press Freedom in the United States

July 23, 2020 Press Release
Hearing examines “Human Rights at Home: Media, Politics and Safety of Journalists”
Issues:
9th District, Education, Foreign Affairs, Government Reform, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee

Congressman Cohen Announces Diabetes Research Grant to UTHSC

July 23, 2020 Press Release
Issues:
9th District, Health Care, Memphis, Science and Technology, Shelby County, Tennessee

Congressman Cohen Votes to Remove Confederate Statues and Bust of Roger B. Taney, Supreme Court Chief Justice in Dred Scott Decision

July 22, 2020 Press Release
The legislation would replace the Taney bust with a bust of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall
Issues:
Civil Rights, Government Reform

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