Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), also known as the Helsinki Commission, today questioned the director of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's (OSCE) Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights about levels of anti-Semitism and racism in Europe.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today applauded the release of House Democrats' framework to invest over $700 billion in our nation's roads, transit, rail, aviation, broadband, wastewater and drinking water infrastructure.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today questioned General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Emily W. Murphy at a Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management hearing on "GSA Outleases and the Trump Old Post Office Hotel."

Congressman Cohen asked Administrator Murphy about a confidentiality agreement involving the long-term lease of the Hotel Monoco located in GSA's historic Tariff Commission Building in downtown Washington.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) spoke on the House floor Monday evening to condemn antisemitism and racism after returning from the commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the United Nations in New York.

In his remarks, Congressman Cohen described the stirring and emotional event in the General Assembly Hall on the 75^th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. He mentioned a Holocaust survivor who told the crowd that her family was proof that Adolf Hitler and the Nazis did not win.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) travelled to New York to attend the United Nations Holocaust Memorial Ceremony today as one of two invited members of Congress. The event in the General Assembly Hall, marked the 75^th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp by forces of the Soviet Union in 1945.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement after the event:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today made the following statement about International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is Monday, January 27:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) plans to commemorate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. National Holiday and Day of Service on Monday by participating in several Dr. King-inspired events. He also released this statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that three artistic projects in Memphis will be receiving a total of $35,000 in grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).