Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) – who serves as a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and the House Judiciary Committee – today received his subcommittee assignments. Congressman Cohen will serve as ranking member on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, and will serve on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution and Civil Justice.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) has introduced the John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting (FAIR) Act (H.R. 278), which would require states to take their congressional apportionment out of the political process and place it in the hands of an independent redistricting commission.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) recently received a 100+from the Humane Society Legislative Fund on their 2012 Humane scorecard. Congressman Cohen was the only member of the Tennessee Congressional delegation to receive a perfect score.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has been awarded $306,250 for allergy, immunology and transplantation research from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) was today sworn into the 113th Congress by House Speaker John Boehner in the U.S. Capitol. This is Congressman Cohen’s fourth term in Congress.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Congress approved extending the State and Local Sales Tax Deductions for Tennesseans as part of the fiscal cliff agreement that Congress passed on January 1. This important tax provision was slated to expire at the end of 2012 -- which would have increased taxes for all Tennesseans. Congressman Cohen has been an ardent supporter of this tax deduction well before coming to Congress and signed onto a bipartisan letter to the House Ways and Means Committee requesting that the deduction be extended in September.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced that the U.S. Senate yesterday approved the nomination of Memphian V. Lynn Evans, CPA, to the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Congressman Cohen recommended Evans to President Obama for consideration. Evans will fill the position on the TVA Board currently held by Bishop William Graves who has reached the end of his second term on the Board.