Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, today discussed Russia’s genocide in Ukraine at a briefing with expert panelists.
In his opening remarks, Co-Chairman Cohen said in part:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen released the following statement commemorating this year’s Veterans Day:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Tennessee was awarded $82.2 million in funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Administered through the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) will hold a press conference on Wednesday, November 2, with representatives of Serenity Recovery Centers to discuss a grant totaling more than half a million dollars to Serenity Recovery Centers from the National Institute of General Medical Services for treatment for pregnant and postpartum women.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the Shelby County Board of Education will receive a rebate of up to $6,715,000 to replace 17 existing school buses with clean and zero-emission (ZE) models to reduce harmful emissions from older, dirtier buses.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) noted the passing of Honey Alexander, the wife of former Tennessee Governor and Senator Lamar Alexander, and made the following statement:
MEMPHIS -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) remembered the late Jerry Lee Lewis and made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, and the Commission’s Ranking Member, Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), today introduced a resolution recognizing October 30 as International Day of Political Prisoners.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and its Subcommittee on Aviation, today submitted a joint comment letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) seeking to ensure that it takes into consideration the demographics of all members of the flying public before promulgating a rule on minimum seat dimensions for airplane seats that are necessary for passenger safety.
WASHINGTON -- Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-09), Joe Wilson (SC-02), Gerry Connolly (VA-11) and Steve Chabot (OH-01) released the following statement:
Congratulations to the People of Turkey and Turkish Americans on this 99th commemoration of the founding of the Republic of Turkey.