Press Releases
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] — Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN), a member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission), and Congressman John Shimkus (R-IL), Co-Chair of the House Baltic Caucus and member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, introduced a bipartisan resolution today expressing strong support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the countries of Eastern Europe.
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, Congressman Lacy Clay (D-MO), and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today led a coalition of more than 90 members of Congress in introducing the Police Training and Independent Review Act in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. The Police Training and Independent Review Act would encourage states to use independent prosecutors to investigate and, if need be, prosecute instances of police use of deadly force.
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] — Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) appointed David K. Dunning to be the new director of the Memphis VA Medical Center:
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] — Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement after Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan pulled H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act of 2017, or "Trumpcare," from the House floor for a vote:
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] — Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) reacted today to the proposed elimination of funding for Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in the Administration's Fiscal Year 2018 budget.
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] — Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement on President Trump's Fiscal Year 2018 Budget:
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] — Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement on the report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on the Republican's American Health Care Act that shows 14 million more people would be uninsured by 2018, 24 million more people would be uninsured by 2026 and a $880 billion federal cut to Medicaid by 2026:
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN), Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) today introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Seat Egress in Air Travel (SEAT) Act in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. The SEAT Act would establish a minimum seat size on commercial airlines as well as a minimum distance between rows of seats to protect the safety and health of airline passengers.
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] — Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement on the House Republicans' legislation to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA):
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] — Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement on the passing of former Tennessee State Senator Douglas Henry, Jr., the longest serving member of the Tennessee legislature: