Press Releases

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) has been appalled at a series of President Trump’s dangerous and illegal actions and has created a “Tracker” page on his official web site to keep track of them. 

Please consider going to Cohen.House.gov/TrumpAdminTracker to see the full listing and latest updates.

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MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), who asked Governor Bill Lee to reconsider a decision not to participate a summer food program for children then released a statement saying his decision was “cruel,” tonight condemned the inadequate alternative summer food program the governor has proposed.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the House Ranking Member on the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, made the following statement on his support for Ukraine as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly prepares to meet in Vienna:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee, made the following statement after learning Monday that the Trump-Musk Administration plans to make drastic cuts to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) workforce:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today wrote to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem with questions about her department’s policies, priorities and transparency.

The letter reads in part:

WASHINGTON – In the wake of the tragic midair collision near Reagan National Airport, Aviation Subcommittee Ranking Member Steve Cohen (TN-9), Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Rick Larsen (WA-2), and their fellow T & I Committee members wrote to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy urging the swift implementation of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024.

The letter reads in part:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a polio survivor and an advocate of vaccine immunization, released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on a 52-48 vote.

“It is a violation of the public’s trust to confirm the appointment of a man not capable of protecting the nation’s – and the world’s – public health. A vaccine denier with little knowledge of the vast array of responsibilities he has now been given is the wrong person for this job.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today reintroduced the National Statistics on Deadly Force Transparency Act, requiring the collection of pertinent information in these cases. The 1994 Crime Bill requires the Attorney General to collect information on instances of “excessive” force but the term is difficult to define. Congressman Cohen’s bill would be limited collecting records in cases of the use of deadly force.