Press Releases

MEMPHIS –Today, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced Tennessee gained 80,100 jobs this year since President Biden took office, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Congressman Cohen, a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, helped local businesses create jobs by voting in favor of the American Rescue Plan and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, both of which were signed into law by President Biden.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) congratulated Arlisa Armstrong, the long serving Area Director for West Tennessee with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), on being named Rural Development State Director for Tennessee today by President Biden.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Tennessee communities will receive $120,833,000 for improvements to their drinking water and wastewater systems through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which he voted for and President Biden signed into law last month.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Representatives Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18) released the following statement after the White House released just 1,500 documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, leaving more than 10,000 documents either partially redacted or withheld entirely:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), the Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, better known as the Helsinki Commission, today expressed his concern that the Russian military buildup on Ukraine's border could lead to war. He spoke at a commission briefing entitled "Defending Ukraine, Deterring Putin."

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, today called attention to the Committee's release of a report on the General Services Administration's (GSA) handling of the lease of the Old Post Office in Washington to former President Donald Trump.

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the Memphis Fire Department's Healthcare Navigator Program will receive a grant of $3.9 million for its minority health community programs from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and its Subcommittee on Aviation, today announced that three Shelby County airports will receive $17,880,000 in new funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that he voted for and that President Biden signed into law last month.