Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) on Thursday introduced the Safer Streets Act, which would create a new grant program that focuses on violent crimes in local communities. Afterward, he made the following statement:

"The Safer Streets Act is intended to provide additional funding to address violent crime in places where the rate is significantly above the national average.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) expressed concern about the quality of care at the Memphis VA Medical Center Tuesday after media reports surfaced of questionable treatment of a veteran with a hand injury. He released the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) on Thursday condemned Attorney General Jeff Sessions' decision to crack down on states whose voters have authorized the medical or recreational use of marijuana. He released the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) voted against the Republican tax scam bill Tuesday, noting its potential to harm the middle classes and the future of social safety net programs. The bill passed on a 227 to 203 vote.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) commended his colleagues Raul Grijalva of Arizona and Carol Shea-Porter of New Hampshire for their co-sponsorship of Articles ofImpeachment (H. Res. 621) to against President Trump that he and four others Members of Congress introduced on November 15.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) made the following statement minutes after the Federal Communications Commission, on a 3-2 party-line vote, repealed the 2015 Open Internet Order.

"The ruling Thursday upends the powerful internet neutrality framework that banned blocking, throttling or giving paid prioritization to companies based on whether a content provider paid for faster service," Cohen said. "Internet neutrality has been one of the most important consumer protections of our time."

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier of California and families of truck underride accident victims Tuesday in introducing bipartisan legislation to prevent such unnecessary tragedies.

WASHINGTON – At a Judiciary Committee oversight hearing with FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) praised the work of the FBI in West Tennessee criminal investigations, including the case involving Shelby County Code Enforcement Inspector Mickey Wright, whose racially motivated murder was taken up by the FBI and Justice Department as a federal hate crime after an inadequate state prosecution.