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April 27, 2015
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Michele Leonhart, the longtime leader of the Drug Enforcement Administration, is reportedly preparing to resign after nearly two dozen House lawmakers questioned her competence in handling an agency sex scandal.

Twenty-two members of the House oversight committee, including the panel’s Republican and Democratic leaders, said last week they had lost confidence in her leadership after the revelation that DEA agents weren't fired for participating in sex parties involving prostitutes that were paid for by drug cartel members.

Issues:Government ReformHealth Care
April 27, 2015

Michele Leonhart, the longtime leader of the Drug Enforcement Administration, is reportedly preparing to resign after nearly two dozen House lawmakers questioned her competence in handling an agency sex scandal.

Twenty-two members of the House oversight committee, including the panel’s Republican and Democratic leaders, said last week they had lost confidence in her leadership after the revelation that DEA agents weren't fired for participating in sex parties involving prostitutes that were paid for by drug cartel members.

April 24, 2015
In The News

Thursday, U.S. Congressman Steve Cohen introduced two bills that aim at boosting the development of aerotropolis transportation systems in Memphis and throughout the country.

Aerotropolis refers to the perspective of urban development focused on promoting diverse development surrounding airports.

Issues:9th DistrictMemphisScience and TechnologyShelby CountyTennesseeTransportation
April 24, 2015

Thursday, U.S. Congressman Steve Cohen introduced two bills that aim at boosting the development of aerotropolis transportation systems in Memphis and throughout the country.

Aerotropolis refers to the perspective of urban development focused on promoting diverse development surrounding airports.

April 23, 2015

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, released the following statement regarding the Senate’s confirmation of Loretta Lynch to be the next Attorney General of the United States by a vote of 56-43:

Issues:Judiciary
April 23, 2015

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced two bills aimed at boosting the development of “aerotropolis” transportation systems both in Memphis and throughout the nation. An aerotropolis is a new method of urban development focused on promoting diverse development surrounding airports.

April 22, 2015

[WASHINGTON, DC] – In the wake of a string of national tragedies related police-involved violence, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced that he is an original cosponsor of the End Racial Profiling Act, legislation introduced in both the House and the Senate today to support a comprehensive federal commitment to healing the rift caused by racial profiling and to restore public confidence in our nation’s criminal justice system.

April 22, 2015
In The News

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) on Tuesday related his personal experience with polio to urge Americans to vaccinate their children.

Cohen related the story of his father, a physician, giving shots to second grade children as part of testing for the polio vaccine in 1954. His father had decided not to give the shot to anyone not in second grade - and Cohen, then in kindergarten, consequently didn't get the vaccine.

Issues:Children and FamiliesHealth CareScience and Technology
April 22, 2015
In The News

Racial profiling is an injustice and Congress must put an end to it, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen said Wednesday as a bill he is co-sponsoring was introduced in Congress.

“From the biased use of ‘stop and frisk’ policies to the impact of unfair mandatory minimum sentences on minority communities, there is widespread evidence that racial disparities pervade our criminal justice system,” the Memphis Democrat said.

Issues:Government Reform