Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) announced today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $11,423,826 to Memphis Light, Gas, and Water (MLGW) to support the repair and restoration of the city’s electrical power distribution facilities that sustained damages following a severe band of storms in June 2023. The new federal grant award represents 75% of the anticipated total cost of the project.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) mourns the loss of his long-serving colleague Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, who passed away on the evening of July 19th, 2024.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON –Today, Evan Gershkovich, reporter for The Wall Street Journal, was sentenced to 16 years in a high-security penal colony by a court in Russia. Gershkovich’s sentencing comes after he was arrested almost 16 months ago on manufactured espionage charges. Helsinki Commission Ranking Member and OSCE PA Special Representative on Political Prisoners Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) issued the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced that the Tennessee and Arkansas Departments of Transportation were successful in securing $393,750,000 for a new Interstate 55 Bridge over the Mississippi River at Memphis to be known as America’s River Crossing.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on Political Prisoners, is aware of reports that dissident Russian journalist and politician Vladimir Kara-Murza has been transferred to a prison hospital, and made the following statement:
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today re-introduced legislation that would help put an end to the for-profit college industry’s aggressive recruiting of veterans, service members, and their families.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today questioned the rationale for a Committee hearing seeking to establish the false claim that advertisers and advertising companies are censuring conservatives in violation of antitrust laws.
In his statement before questioning witnesses, Congressman Cohen said in part:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the House Ranking Member of the Helsinki Commission, today offered an opening statement and questioned expert witnesses on the Russian role in perpetuating ongoing atrocities, including war crimes and crimes against humanity, in the Syrian civil war.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation, today offered an opening statement and questioned expert witnesses at a hearing entitled “Eliminating Bottlenecks: Examining Opportunities to Recruit, Retain and Engage Aviation Talent.”