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November 20, 2015

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN), Congressman Walter B. Jones (R-NC) yesterday introduced bipartisan legislation that would help put an end to the for-profit college industry’s predatory marketing campaigns and aggressive recruiting of veterans, servicemembers and their families. The Protecting Our Students and Taxpayers (POST) Act, which U.S.

November 19, 2015

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement regarding allowing Syrian refugees into the United States.

November 17, 2015

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – At a House Judiciary Committee hearing today, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, asked U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to open a federal investigation into the shooting death of Darrius Stewart.

November 13, 2015

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) released the following statement regarding the terrorist attacks in Paris, France.

November 13, 2015

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – The Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus Co-chairs, Congressman Bill Shuster (PA-09) and Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), released the following statement on the humanitarian release of Arif Yunus:

November 12, 2015

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has selected a proposal from the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) for $2,640,000 in federal funding under the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) program for the purchase of three new electric rail trolleys for downtown Memphis.

November 5, 2015

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today was named to the House-Senate Conference Committee for the federal surface transportation reauthorization bill: the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act (DRIVE Act).

November 5, 2015

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement condemning the terrorist attack on Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Iraq that killed 24 residents of the camp and injured dozens more.

November 4, 2015

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – The House of Representatives today approved an amendment to H.R. 22, the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act (surface transportation bill) offered by Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Congressman Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), and Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) to provide local transit systems increased flexibility to enhance and improve Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) paratransit services.

November 3, 2015

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, this evening renewed his call for a federal investigation into the Darrius Stewart case. In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the Congressman requested the Department of Justice to open a federal civil rights investigation immediately.