Press Releases
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – As a tragic week laced with deadly violence both against and by police draws to a close, support for a bill to help reform policing and restore trust continues to gain momentum in Congress. On Friday, the number of cosponsors of the Police Training and Independent Review Act (H.R. 2302) grew to 70.
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) today introduced a bipartisan resolution with Congressman Trent Kelly (R-MS), Congressman Bennie Thompson (R-MS) and Congressman Gregg Harper (R-MS) honoring the 50th anniversary of James Meredith’s March Against Fear from Memphis, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi to encourage African Americans to register to vote.
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) released the following statement today on the passing of Elie Wiesel:
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] –Ahead of a busy weekend for air travel and a July 15th deadline for Congress to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation, and Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) today renewed their call for Congress to take action on the bipartisan Seat Eg
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) has sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Director James Comey to raise concerns about the agency’s use of an abusive contractor and a controversial medical training method that involves harming and killing animals.
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) issued the following statement on the passing of legendary University of Tennessee Women’s Basketball coach Pat Summitt:
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, today released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Voisine v. United States 6-2 decision, which upheld a broad federal firearm ban for domestic abusers:
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice Ranking Member Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) today released the following joint statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt decision, which ruled that Texas’ abortion law was unconstitutional:
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