Press Releases

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority received a $2,446,731 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Voluntary Airport Low Emissions (VALE) Program to support clean air and airport emissions reduction initiatives at Memphis International Airport.

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement on the 15^th anniversary of the deadly terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001:

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today received a perfect 100% rating by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) on their Congressional Voting Record for the 114^th Congress for his work on promoting education and equality for women and girls.

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) has been awarded a $4,273,771 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration 5339(c) Bus and Bus Facilities Competitive Program. These funds will be used to replace, rehabilitate and purchase buses and related equipment and to construct bus-related facilities.

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today praised the Department of Energy’s (DOE) selection of four companies to participate in the DOE’s SuperTruck II Program. The Department of Energy’s SuperTruck II program seeks to make dramatic improvements in the freight efficiency of heavy-duty Class 8 long-haul, commonly known as 18-wheelers, and regional-haul vehicles. Improvements include hybridization, more efficient idling, and high efficiency HVAC technologies

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, today commended President Obama’s decision to commute the sentences of 111 largely non-violent drug offenders. Earlier this month, President Obama announced the commutation of sentences for 214 non-violent drug offenders. With today’s additional 111 grants, the President has commuted the sentences of 325 people in the month of August alone. This is the greatest number of commutations ever granted by a president in a single month.

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) issued the following statement to commemorate the 81^st anniversary of Social Security, which was signed into law on August 14, 1935:

“Social Security is more than just a retirement program – it is a lifeline that keeps millions of Americans out of poverty. More than 110,000 citizens of the Ninth District rely on Social Security to help pay for basic necessities like food, healthcare and housing.

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) released the following statement on the death on Blues legend and “Queen of Beale Street” Ruby Wilson.