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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.
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.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a strong voice in Congress for criminal drug policy reform, issued the following statement regarding reports that Michele Leonhart, Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, is likely to resign from her post:
[MEMPHIS, TN] – On Monday afternoon, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) hosted a reception at his office in the Clifford Davis/Odell Horton Federal Building to congratulate four Ninth District students who were accepted to the United States Military Service Academies this fall, as part of the class of 2019.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen is honoring a Drug Enforcement Administration agent for rescuing a family from a burning truck in Memphis.
Cohen's office says he awarded DEA Special Agent Harold Hurley with a Congressional Badge of Bravery on Monday.
According to Cohen's office, Hurley saw a fire in the bed of a truck while driving to work on Dec. 2, 2013.
The female driver pulled over, and Hurley helped remove her four children from the burning truck. Hurley then returned to the vehicle and rescued the woman, as the truck became engulfed in flames.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen is honoring a Drug Enforcement Administration agent for rescuing a family from a burning truck in Memphis.
Cohen's office says he awarded DEA Special Agent Harold Hurley with a Congressional Badge of Bravery on Monday.
According to Cohen's office, Hurley saw a fire in the bed of a truck while driving to work on Dec. 2, 2013.
The female driver pulled over, and Hurley helped remove her four children from the burning truck. Hurley then returned to the vehicle and rescued the woman, as the truck became engulfed in flames.
[MEMPHIS, TN] – This afternoon, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) awarded Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent Harold Hurley with a Congressional Badge of Bravery for his efforts saving a woman and her four children from a burning vehicle in Memphis. Without the actions of Special Agent Hurley, who assisted in removing the children from the vehicle before running back to help the mother, her family could have been trapped in the truck as it burned. United States Attorney Edward Stanton III presented a certificate and delivered remarks and praise.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – The U.S. Senate late last night passed the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, which includes a compromise negotiated by Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Congressman Diane Black (TN-06) that will guarantee disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments totaling more than $530 million over the next 10 years to help the state’s hospitals and community health centers recoup expenses incurred caring for those who cannot afford to pay.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) issued the following statement regarding the announcement that President Obama will seek to remove Cuba’s designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism:
“I support the President’s efforts to chart a new course in our relationship with Cuba, and his decision to remove their State Sponsor of Terrorism designation is a positive step for both of our nations.