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[WASHINGTON, DC] – Two years to the day after a Supreme Court decision eviscerated civil rights protections enshrined in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) continued his efforts to fully restore those protections by cosponsoring the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015, which was introduced by Congresswoman Terri Sewell (AL-07).

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) issued the following statement commemorating the 150^th anniversary of Juneteenth and recognized the 22^nd Annual Celebration of the Juneteenth Urban Music Festival, formerly known as the Memphis Juneteenth Freedom & Heritage Festival. Juneteenth, observed on June 19^th each year, is the oldest nationally-celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.

[MEMPHIS, TN] - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) made the following statement regarding last night's murders at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC:

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) issued the following statement on today’s ruling of the Supreme Court that states have the right to reject specialty license plate designs, like those including Confederate flags, that it does not wish to promote:

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) issued the following statement following reports of shots fired at a Memphis church. The Congressman also reached out this morning to St. Matthew’s Reverend Patrick Lewis, Sr., about the incident.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – After Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) introduced the Carry-On Freedom Act this week to prevent airlines from reducing the maximum size of carry-on baggage, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), a trade association representing the airline industry, announced it is “pausing the rollout of its [new carry-on luggage size] initiative and beginning a comprehensive reassessment” in response to concerns that the initiative could force consumers to pay exorbitant checked bag fees for luggage they would have otherwise carrie

[WASHINGTON, DC] – The Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2015, which was introduced earlier this year by Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Lamar Smith (TX-21) to protect consumers from unfair taxes on digital goods, was approved by the House Judiciary Committee today on a voice vote and now awaits consideration by the full House. The legislation, H.R.