Press Releases

[MEMPHIS, TN] – On Monday afternoon, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) hosted a reception at his office in the Clifford Davis/Odell Horton Federal Building to congratulate four Ninth District students who were accepted to the United States Military Service Academies this fall, as part of the class of 2019.

[MEMPHIS, TN] – This afternoon, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) awarded Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent Harold Hurley with a Congressional Badge of Bravery for his efforts saving a woman and her four children from a burning vehicle in Memphis. Without the actions of Special Agent Hurley, who assisted in removing the children from the vehicle before running back to help the mother, her family could have been trapped in the truck as it burned. United States Attorney Edward Stanton III presented a certificate and delivered remarks and praise.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – The U.S. Senate late last night passed the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, which includes a compromise negotiated by Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Congressman Diane Black (TN-06) that will guarantee disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments totaling more than $530 million over the next 10 years to help the state’s hospitals and community health centers recoup expenses incurred caring for those who cannot afford to pay.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) issued the following statement regarding the announcement that President Obama will seek to remove Cuba’s designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism:

“I support the President’s efforts to chart a new course in our relationship with Cuba, and his decision to remove their State Sponsor of Terrorism designation is a positive step for both of our nations.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – A new report should remind Congress that it needs to focus more on improving economic and other outcomes for African-American communities, including those in Tennessee like Memphis, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) said on Tuesday.

Congressman is leading federal bill with Senators Cory Booker and Rand Paul to recognize medicinal marijuana nationwide

[WASHINGTON, DC] – With both houses of the Tennessee General Assembly voting unanimously last night to send a bill allowing for the medicinal use of a non-psychoactive cannabis oil known as cannabidiol (CBD) to Governor Bill Haslam’s desk, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) called on the Governor to quickly sign the bill into law and provide Tennessee children suffering from epilepsy access to this safe, effective treatment.

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus, this morning hosted the fourth event in his “Building a Healthier Memphis” series on wellness in the Ninth District at Church Health Center Wellness and highlighted the strong positive impact vaccinations can have on both public health and health of Memphis children, using his own personal experience as a polio survivor to drive the point home.

Without adequate, comprehensive national data on fatal police interactions exists, abuses are difficult to identify and fix

[MEMPHIS, TN] – A bill introduced earlier this year by Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, would close a loophole in federal law that makes it easier for local law enforcement agencies, including one in South Carolina where an officer has been charged with shooting an unarmed man in the back, to hide police shootings from the public.