Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Shelby County’s Ryan White HIV Emergency Relief Program will receive a $1,288,750 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement
“I am pleased to see this substantial federal investment in the health of some of the most vulnerable our community. This funding for Shelby County’s Ryan White program is critical because the Memphis region has one of the highest HIV rates in the country.”
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), who has long admired the Cuban people and has advocated for improved relations with the island nation, today applauded President Biden’s decision to lift its “state sponsor of terrorism” designation applied by Donald Trump in early 2021.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today commended President Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, and the whole National Security team for the successful negotiations that led to today’s hostage release and ceasefire agreement in the Israel-Hamas war.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, has written to Attorney General Merrick Garland urging him to drop the charges against the two remaining defendants in the Trump classified documents case pending in Florida. Charges against Trump were dropped by Justice Department policy after he was re-elected in November.
WASHINGTON -- Representatives Steve Cohen (TN-09), Bill Keating (MA-09), Joe Wilson (SC-02) and Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27) today re-introduced the Combating Global Corruption Act, bipartisan legislation that would raise the profile of efforts to fight international corruption by evaluating and publicly naming countries where corruption is rampant. The legislation creates a ranking system for corruption similar to the successful Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, International Religious Freedom Report and the annual Trafficking in Persons Report.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today introduced the Train Furtherance of Outstanding Onboard Dining Act (Train FOOD Act) and the Train Establishment of Appetizing Table Service Act (Train EATS Act) to improve the dining experience on long-distance train routes across the country.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), former Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today reintroduced a Constitutional Amendment to clarify and limit a President’s pardon power.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced two U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grants totaling $1,447,636. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive $606,034 for research on diseases of the retina from the National Eye Institute. Shelby County’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS program will receive $841,600 for its continuing efforts to end the HIV epidemic.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today condemned the unwarranted intervention of Judge Aileen M. Cannon, a Trump appointee who dismissed the classified documents case, by enjoining the imminent release of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s final report.
The action temporarily bars release of the findings to the public in the days leading up to Trump’s January 20 inauguration.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today wrote to Governor Bill Lee expressing concern that Tennessee missed a deadline to participate in the Electronic Benefits Transfer Program for Children and will forfeit $1.1 million for a program that fed 700,000 last year unless the decision in reversed. Congressman Cohen cited financial and ethical reasons for Lee to reconsider the decision.
The letter reads in part: