Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), the ranking member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, joined his colleagues in asking Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte to bring gun violence prevention legislation before the committee, and made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) will attend a "Congress on Your Corner" event on Friday, where he and his district staff will be available to address constituents' questions and concerns regarding federal agencies such as the Social Security Administration, Medicare, Medicaid and Veterans Affairs.
Details:
Where: Cherokee Library, 3300 Sharpe Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38111
When: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) applauded Gov. Bill Haslam's announcement Wednesday of the inclusion of three important Civil Rights historic sites in Memphis as part of the newly announced multi-state U.S. Civil Rights Trail, and made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Upon learning of today's announcement of State Representative Johnnie Turner's retirement, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) issued the following statement:
"I am proud to have worked with Representative Turner, both in her capacity as Executive Secretary of the NAACP and in the Tennessee General Assembly. Like her husband, she has been a voice of truth and a fighter for justice, and is among the last of a generation of civil rights leaders who have done so much for Memphis. I appreciate her many years of dedicated service, and she will be missed in Nashville."
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) reacted to today's Grand Jury indictments against 13 Russian nationals by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of pro-Trump Russian influence in the 2016 campaign, and made the following statement:
"The Russians' use of false U.S. personas and social media designed to attract U.S. audiences with divisive political and social issues was clearly intended to sway American voters, and succeeded. Russian manipulation influenced the psychology of American voters.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced the Fresh Start Act, a bill that would enable certain non-violent ex-federal offenders who have served their sentences and are now law-abiding, productive members of society to have their convictions expunged from their records.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-08) today objected to the proposed elimination of funding for the Legal Service Corporation (LSC) in the Administration's Fiscal Year 2019 budget and vowed to fight for finding.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) voted for the budget compromise that passed the House 240 to 186 this morning, and made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today co-sponsored the PARADE Act, whose acronym spells out "Prohibit Allocation of Resources for Absurd Defense Expenditures," an example of which would be President Trump's wasteful proposal to conduct a military parade, and made the following statement:
"America's greatness is not shown by displays of its military power; it's shown through respect for the rule of law, for scientific contributions benefiting all mankind, and in our heritage of welcoming ‘the teeming masses yearning to breathe free.'
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) noted the passing of Memphis native Richard K. "Kirk" Bowden, a retired U.S. Marshal who protected Civil Rights figures in the 1960s, and made the following statement:
"I was saddened to learn of the passing of former Deputy U.S. Marshal Richard ‘Kirk' Bowden who, as a deputy U.S. marshal, was one of a small group who protected James Meredith when he travelled off campus after integrating the University of Mississippi in 1962. Bowden later guarded Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1963 March on Washington.