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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today led a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and the acting director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency with seven Congressional colleagues seeking the release from ICE detention of Kseniia Petrova, a Russian research scientist working at Harvard University Medical School.
The letter reads in part:
This week, I raised serious concerns about Elon Musk’s xAI project in South Memphis, called out the Trump administration for targeting international students—the latest group of people they’ve targeted to display their cruelty—and shared important information about the Department of Education’s plan to resume involuntary student loan debt collections. I also called the Trump administration out on its mistreatment of workers and waste of taxpayer dollars and reminded constituents to get ready for the upcoming REAL ID deadline.
Congressman Cohen was named "One of Congress's Most Effective Lawmakers" by the Center for Effective Lawmaking—#5 most effective among House Democrats Dear Friend, |
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Shelby County Board of Education will receive a grant of $7,446,186 for its Head Start projects from January through June 29 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Head Start.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) led a letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner on Friday urging him to reverse the cancellation of contracts and the freezing of all funding associated with the Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP). Congressman Cohen announced $5.2 million in GRRP funding for Wesley Stage Park in Memphis and $11.4 million for the Broadmeadow Apartments in Covington in March 2024.
Fifteen Congressional colleagues co-signed the letter.
The letter reads:
We strongly condemn the continued detention of three Ukrainian nationals — Vadym Golda, Maxim Petrov, and Dmytro Shabanov — all former OSCE officials who were unjustly arrested and convicted following farce trials by the Russian-controlled “supreme courts” in the occupied territories of Ukraine. We call on the Russian Federation to immediately and unconditionally release them. Their incarceration is a travesty of justice and an affront to the OSCE, the Council of Europe, and all international institutions committed to peace, accountability, and the rule of law.
Dear Friend,
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Senator Edward Markey of Massachusetts today led 59 Congressional colleagues in a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin requesting a list of companies seeking a Presidential Exemption under the Clean Air Act. The letter also requests information about how the companies claim the exemption would be in the national security interests of the United States, whether technical issues make meeting existing standards difficult, and other details about the companies’ requests.