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April 14, 2016

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement on the hiring of new University of Memphis men’s head basketball coach Orlando “Tubby” Smith.

April 12, 2016

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Peter DeFazio (OR-04), Ranking Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today sent a letter to Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) President and CEO Bill Johnson seeking answers to questions regarding TVA’s historical contributions to its pens

April 7, 2016

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), co-chairman of the Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus, released the following statement today on Armenia’s military aggression against Azerbaijan on the Line of Contact in Nagorno-Karabakh:

April 7, 2016

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation, today issued the following statement after the Senate voted down an amendment offered by Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) to legislation reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish minimum seat size standards for airplanes.

April 4, 2016

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) issued the following statement to commemorate the life and work of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who was assassinated in Memphis, TN 48 years ago today:

March 30, 2016

[MEMPHIS, TN] - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, today commended President Obama’s decision to commute the sentences of 61 drug offenders incarcerated in federal prisons, including two Memphians.

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March 29, 2016

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today honored veterans of the Vietnam War during the 50th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony at the Memphis Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center.

March 23, 2016

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Amanda Schoen (Larson) 860-539-4924
Danielle Smoot (Rogers) 606-679-8346
Michael Eisenstatt (Cohen) 202-225-3265
Leacy Burke (Wilson) 202-225-2452

March 23, 2016

[WASHINGTON, DC] – On the 6th anniversary of President Obama signing the Affordable Care Act into law, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today highlighted the many ways that the law is benefiting Tennesseans.

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Congressman Steve Cohen, Congressman Charles Rangel, 9 time All Star, former manager of the New York Yankees, and MLB's chief baseball officer Joe Torre, and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee at the MLB Luncheon in Cuba
March 22, 2016

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) released the following statement on his trip to Cuba with President Barack Obama: