Press Releases

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced $1,000,000 in federal funds for Translational Sciences, Inc., a Memphis-based small business. This grant comes through the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Small Business Innovation Research awards.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) joined Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (TX-21) this week to introduce legislation that would protect consumers from unfair taxes on digital goods, like those purchased over the Internet or on smartphones. The Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2015, H.R.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-09), Danny Davis (IL-07) and Eric Swalwell (CA-15) today introduced legislation to restore fairness in student lending by treating privately issued student loans the same as other types of private debt in bankruptcy.

Newly-agreed compromise guarantees disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments for Tennessee through 2025

[WASHINGTON, DC] – With the April 15^th federal tax filing deadline approaching, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today reintroduced his Tax Return Preparer Accountability Act to protect consumers from unscrupulous tax preparation businesses like

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Don Young (AK-AL) have introduced H.R. 1538, the bipartisan House companion to the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States (CARERS) Act that Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced in the Senate this month.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Matt Cartwright (PA-17) today reintroduced the Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act, which would cap fees and interest rates that predatory lenders charge on payday loans and other consumer credit products like car title loans that can sometimes reach 300%.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), founding member of the Congressional State Medicaid Expansion Caucus, issued the following statement regarding a 3-2 vote in a Tennessee State Senate subcommittee to recommend a resolution to give Governor Bill Haslam the authority to expand TennCare, the state’s Medicaid system: