Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that two University of Memphis professors will receive $525,000 in grants from the National Science Foundation. Thomas Goebel, an assistant professor at the University’s Center for Earthquake Research and Information, will receive grants of $425,000 and $50,000 for seismic research projects. Jessica Jennings, an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, will receive $50,000 to study improved tissue regeneration.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today reintroduced the Police Training and Independent Review Act. The measure would require enrollees at law enforcement academies to receive sensitivity training on ethics and racial bias, cultural diversity, and police interaction with the people with disabilities, those in a mental health crisis, and new immigrants.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s 56-nation Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on Political Prisoners, today welcomed news that three journalists and Paul Whelan, wrongly detained and imprisoned by Russian authorities on trumped-up charges, have been released in a prisoner exchange.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a $475,020 grant to study aspects of red blood cell production from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Shelby County Board of Education will receive a $367,500 grant to improve adolescent health from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Chronic Diseases Prevention and Health Promotion.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today endorsed President Biden’s proposed U.S. Supreme Court reforms. The proposal includes an 18-year term limit for members, a binding code of ethics like the one established for all other federal judges, and a reversal of the disastrous presidential immunity doctrine adopted earlier this month by the conservative supermajority.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Aviation, and Congressman Rick Larsen (WA-01), Ranking Member of the full House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, released the following statement after introducing the Ensuring Airline Resiliency to Reduce Delays and Cancellations Act.
WASHINGTON, DC — This week, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, questioned Director of Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Colette Peters about the Bureau’s operations and the process of reentry for incarcerated individuals.
In his statement before questioning the witness, Congressman Cohen paid tribute to the work of late Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee:
WASHINGTON, DC – On Monday night, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) voted to pass the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) (H.R. 8812) in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill would authorize and fund U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program projects to improve ports and harbors, inland waterway navigation, flood and storm protection, and more across the United States These projects are essential to preserving and growing local economies, protecting our environment, and maintaining quality of life.