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[Washington, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) released the following statement today regarding the Social Security Administration’s anticipated announcement this week that there will be no increase in the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients in 2016.
[Washington, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) today hailed Senate passage of legislation predominantly based upon the Enhancing Safety at Military Installations Act, a bill introduced by Cohen and Congressman Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) to allow members of the Armed Forces to protect themselves while on military bases and at recruitment facilities.
[WASHINGTON, DC] –Congressman Steve Cohen released the following statement this morning regarding the death of Memphis Police Officer Terence Olridge.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, today spoke out against House Republicans’ continued efforts to dismantle women’s health services provider Planned Parenthood, which nearly 3 million women each year rely on for health care. The Congressman’s remarks came after Rep.
Cohen: Release of 6,000 Drug Offenders Brings Justice to Americans Serving Needlessly Long Sentences
[WASHINGTON, DC] –Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, welcomed today’s breaking news that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will soon release roughly 6,000 federal prisoners serving sentences that would have already ended if handed down today.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced $1,450,732 in federal funding for Chris Community Health Services and an additional $283,932 for the Memphis Health Center. Today’s funding comes through the U.S.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III, Congressman Steve Cohen’s (TN-09) recommendation to President Obama to serve as District Court Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, today appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is tasked with reviewing nominations to the federal bench.
After being selected as one of nine finalists in July, Memphis was awarded a Choice Neighborhood Grant which will help revitalize Memphis