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October 22, 2015

[Washington, D.C.] – Citing J. Edgar Hoover’s deplorable treatment of civil rights leaders, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced legislation to take the former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director’s name off the FBI building in Washington, DC. Congressman Cohen was joined by Reps.

October 22, 2015

[Washington, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement regarding the House Benghazi Select Committee’s hearing with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

October 19, 2015

[Washington, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, today announced the Department of Justice is monitoring the state investigation of the death of Darrius Stewart, a 19 year old African American Memphis man shot by a Memphis Police Officer following a routine traffic stop last summer.

October 16, 2015

[Washington, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, today released the following statement regarding the announcement that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) will now handle all inquiries into officer-involved deaths for the Memphis Police Department and Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.

October 15, 2015

[Washington, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) released the following statement today regarding the Social Security Administration’s anticipated announcement this week that there will be no increase in the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients in 2016.

October 14, 2015

[Washington, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) today hailed Senate passage of legislation predominantly based upon the Enhancing Safety at Military Installations Act, a bill introduced by Cohen and Congressman Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) to allow members of the Armed Forces to protect themselves while on military bases and at recruitment facilities.

October 12, 2015

[WASHINGTON, DC] –Congressman Steve Cohen released the following statement this morning regarding the death of Memphis Police Officer Terence Olridge.

October 8, 2015

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, today spoke out against House Republicans’ continued efforts to dismantle women’s health services provider Planned Parenthood, which nearly 3 million women each year rely on for health care. The Congressman’s remarks came after Rep.

October 6, 2015

[WASHINGTON, DC] –Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, welcomed today’s breaking news that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will soon release roughly 6,000 federal prisoners serving sentences that would have already ended if handed down today.

Issues:Judiciary
October 1, 2015

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced $1,450,732 in federal funding for Chris Community Health Services and an additional $283,932 for the Memphis Health Center. Today’s funding comes through the U.S.