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January 9, 2024

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Brooks Museum of Art will receive a $500,000 matching infrastructure and capacity challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to generate private support for the ongoing move of the museum from Midtown to Downtown.

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January 4, 2024

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a longtime advocate of lifting regulatory restrictions on marijuana, today wrote to Drug Enforcement Administrator Anne Milgram asking her to act expeditiously on an August 29 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommendation to reschedule marijuana to Schedule 3 under

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January 3, 2024

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) will hold a press conference with Cocaine and Alcohol Awareness Program (CAAP) Inc. on Monday to discuss the $671,000 he was able to secure through the annual appropriations process for targeted community projects. CAAP Executive Director Albert Richardson, Criminal Court Judge Jennifer J.

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January 3, 2024

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee, today called upon the Senate to swiftly pass a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill when it convenes next week.

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January 2, 2024

WASHINGTON – Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Tim Burchett (TN-2) have submitted detailed public comments on the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) notice of proposed rulemaking increasing the required duration of cockpit data recordings from two to 25 hours.

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December 21, 2023
"[...] I am proud that my bill has become just the fourth Democratic House bill to be signed into law during this 118th Congress,” said Congressman Cohen.
Issues:Defense
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December 15, 2023

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today hailed the Senate passage of his National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Extension Act.  Earlier this week, Congressman Cohen managed the House debate and consideration of this important legislation.

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December 13, 2023

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today questioned U.S. Department of Transportation administrators at a hearing on oversight of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

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December 13, 2023

WASHINGTON – Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-9), Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee Rick Larsen (WA-2), Ranking Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Greg Stanton (AZ-4), Vice Ranking Member of the Committee and all Democratic Committee Members have sent a letter to Airlines for America (A4A) President and CEO Nicholas Calio expres