Press Releases
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.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) expressed grave concerns about today's unprecedented and dangerously reckless release of classified information contained in the Republican House Intelligence Committee memo attributed to California Rep. Devin Nunes, and made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced today that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded $202,039 to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for allergy, immunology and transplantation research.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) marked the start of Black History Month today with a wreath-laying at the site of the deaths of Sanitation Workers Robert Walker and Echol Cole,who lost their lives on February 1, 1968, when they were crushed inside a garbage truck while attempting to avoid a downpour. He made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Before leaving Washington for Memphis, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) reviewed the controversial Republican House Intelligence Committee memo ascribed to California Rep. Devin Nunes, as well as the Committee Democrats' response memo, and released the following statement:
"Because material in the Intelligence Committee memos remains classified, I can't say very much about them, but I can compare them in terms of persuasiveness, and by that measure, the Nunes memo is a dismal failure.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) introduced a bipartisan resolution today recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s last visit to Memphis. Cosponsors include the entire Tennessee delegation of the House of Representatives. Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) commended FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, a career civil servant with the crime-fighting agency since 1996, and made the following statement:
"It's clear to me that Andrew McCabe is ‘stepping aside' because of the outrageous political pressure brought to bear by President Trump. If press accounts are to be believed, President Trump, once again violating accepted norms, asked McCabe who he voted for in 2016 and vented that McCabe's wife, a candidate for the state Senate and a Democrat, received money from Hillary Clinton supporters.
WASHINGTON - At a House Judiciary Committee Hearing today, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) spoke out against H.R. 3808, the Infrastructure Expansion Act, for its attacks on the protections of construction workers. He released the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced today that he will not be attending the State of the Union by President Trump this evening, and made the following statement: