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[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a longtime champion for animal rights and welfare, received a perfect 100+ score from the Humane Society on its legislative scorecard for 2015. Congressman Cohen, who received the highest rating out of all members of the Tennessee Congressional delegation, was noted for being an original cosponsor of H.R.
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement on the passing of prominent Nashville attorney and politician John Jay Hooker.
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee, today released the following statement to mark the 43rd anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision.
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded Shelby County a $60 million grant for the Mid-South Regional Greenprint and Sustainability Plan to help address unmet recovery needs in Memphis and Shelby County from the 2011 floods and protect Memphians from future flooding disasters.
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, today released the following statement to mark the sixth anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (FEC) decision, which has given corporations a right to buy unlimited influence in our elections.
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, today released the following statement hailing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to decline to hear a case, Sissel v. U.S.
As the Mississippi waters crest and fall, there are certain images that you can’t forget. The mud-soaked kitchen floors, the submerged cars, neighbors wading or even boating from house to house--these pictures of our communities seem both heartbreakingly extraordinary and sadly familiar.
[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) issued the following statement in recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day:
[MEMPHIS, TN] – With National Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Awareness Day later this month, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today highlighted that eligible citizens can boost their tax refund by an average of more than $2,500 in Tennessee by claiming the EITC on their federal tax return.