Press Releases
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today voted to advance H.R. 5651, the Fresh Start Act, a bill that creates a grant program for states with existing eligible criminal record sealing or expungement laws to support implementation of automatic sealing or expungement processes, to the House floor.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), who has championed efforts to protect horses for decades, today applauded the Energy and Commerce Committee’s markup and advancement of his Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act to prohibit the intentional injury to the hooves and legs of performance walking horses such as Tennessee's iconic walking horses. His bill passed out of the committee markup and was reported to the full House of Representatives with a bipartisan vote of 46 to 9.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced two grants addressing mental health and substance abuse from the Department of Health and Human Services. Downtown Memphis Ministry Inc. will receive $349,721 for its Shelby Veterans Treatment Court Enhancement Project from the Center for Substances Abuse Treatment. Alliance Healthcare Services will receive $1 million for its Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic from the Center for Mental Health Services.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the City of Memphis will receive two grants totaling $2,771,378 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Program. One grant of $1,680,469 is for operations and safety. The other, of $1,090,909, is for vehicle acquisition.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, today commemorated Saturday’s Constitution Day, marking the 235th anniversary of the formal signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787. The holiday has been variously known as “Constitution Day,” “Citizenship Day” and, since 2004, as “Constitution Day and Citizenship Day.”
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) applauded today’s Senate Judiciary Committee bipartisan vote to advance the nomination of Kevin G. Ritz to be the next U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee to the Senate floor.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – During a hearing today focused on a Ukrainian’s “hell” in Russian captivity, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, praised the heroism of Ukrainian medic Yuliia “Taira” Paievska, who served three months as a Russian prisoner of war. Paievska, who saved hundreds of lives before being taken prisoner in Mariupol, is a national hero to her country. She was introduced ahead of her testimony by Dr.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced a $299,999 grant to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for research on the effects of a specific genetic mutation (GATA3) on incidence rates of cancer and health outcomes in multi-ethnic populations from the National Cancer Institute.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a $1,293,841 grant from the National Cancer Institute to study chronic pain in adolescent survivors of bone cancers.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today applauded the U.S. Senate’s bipartisan confirmation of Memphis lawyer Andre Mathis as a judge on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and made the following statement: