Press Releases

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has selected a proposal from the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) for $2,640,000 in federal funding under the U.S.

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today was named to the House-Senate Conference Committee for the federal surface transportation reauthorization bill: the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act (DRIVE Act).

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement condemning the terrorist attack on Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Iraq that killed 24 residents of the camp and injured dozens more.

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – The House of Representatives today approved an amendment to H.R.

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, this evening renewed his call for a federal investigation into the Darrius Stewart case. In a letter to U.S.

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement regarding the passing of former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson:

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Science Center a federal grant of $228,000 for an exploratory and developmental project on taste research.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – The nomination of U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III, Congressman Steve Cohen’s (TN-09) recommendation to President Obama to serve as a United States District Court Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, today was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee by voice vote. The committee’s approval clears the way for a final vote on his nomination by the full Senate.