Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) joined with Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA-49) today to introduce the Compassionate Visa for Medical Treatment Act, which would help thousands of people – particularly children – obtain top quality medical care in the United States.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. National Park Service has awarded T.O. Fuller State Park a Land and Water Conservation grant worth $466,527 for the development of a Nature/Interpretative Center. The new federal funding will be distributed by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today released the following statement in advance of President Obama’s speech on the American Jobs Act before a Joint Session of Congress:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder requesting an investigation into whether the sale of Schnucks supermarkets to Kroger supermarkets in Memphis, Tennessee presents any anti-trust violations.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Judge Bernice Donald to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Judge Donald, who currently serves on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, was recommended to President Obama by Congressman Cohen.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital a federal grant worth $648,075 for research into quantifying and modeling the viral dynamics and host responses of the influenza virus. The award will be distributed by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that Magna Bank – a Memphis-based community bank – will receive $18.4 million from the U.S. Department of the Treasury through the Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF) to increase their lending to small businesses, expand their operations and create new jobs.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) and Peter Welch (D-VT) today said the U.S. Department of State’s newly released Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline fails to suitably note the full impact the controversial project will have on our country’s environment. TransCanada – which supplies some of the biggest oil companies in the world with toxic tar sands oil – is seeking State Department approval to build the Keystone XL Pipeline, a new 2,000 mile pipeline from Alberta, Canada to the Gulf Coast in Texas.