Press Releases
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.
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.