Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today introduced the Halting All Parades for Presidents’ Yearly Birthdays; It Risks Taxpayer Harm, Damages, And Your (HAPPY BIRTHDAY) Budget Act. The measure, introduced after press accounts of White House plans to stage a parade from the Pentagon to the White House on Donald Trump’s 79th birthday on June 14, would prohibit enacting such a plan and any future presidential birthday parades going forward.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today said Congress has surrendered its Constitutional rights under Article One, including the power of the purse, to the Trump Administration and abandoned its duty to be a check on the Executive Branch at a Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security and Enforcement hearing on sanctuary jurisdictions.
In his statement, he said in part:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a grant of $897,250 to study “dynamic RNA-protein assemblies and neurological disease” from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today reintroduced the Fair Debt Collection Improvement Act that would bar debt collectors from bringing legal actions involving a consumer debt for which the statute of limitations has expired.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee, today touted major improvements made at Memphis International Airport because of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the 2024 FAA Reauthorization Act and its $4 billion annual investment for the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) at a hearing on airport infrastructure and safety.
In his opening statement, Ranking Member Cohen said in part:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Memphis Health Center Inc. will receive a grant of $2,685,248 to provide mental health and substance abuse services to patients from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) took note of today’s stock market response to the Trump tariffs and made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today introduced the Reward Each American’s Labor and Make Every Rich Individual Contribute Again (REAL AMERICA) Act, a bold tax reform bill that helps everyday working people while addressing Republican plans to sneak through a $2 trillion tax cut for millionaires and billionaires.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today introduced the ‘‘Making Any Reimbursement Against the Law for Guarding Overnight Act’’ or the ‘‘MARALAGO Act’’ of 2025. The legislation prohibits the Secret Service from spending federal dollars to pay a President or former President (or an entity that he or she owns or controls) for lodging, meals, and other incidental expenses while the Secret Service is protecting the President or former President at his or her residence.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee and its Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, today discussed President Trump’s efforts to upend the judicial system at a hearing entitled “Judicial Overreach and Constitutional Limits on the Federal Courts.” Trump’s efforts include extorting law firms, damaging independent agencies, and proposing to end national injunctive relief, and impeaching judges who make rulings with which he disagrees.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement: