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“This legislation will help many working families in Memphis and across the country,” said Congressman Cohen. “It helps create jobs and extends the national flood insurance program through the end of the year, which will provide assistance to Memphis families still struggling with the aftereffects of the recent storm.”
In Tennessee, the measure would:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) attended the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights 42nd Annual Journalism Awards ceremony to congratulate Memphis political cartoonist Bill Day on receiving an RFK Journalism Award. Day accepted the award last night at George Washington University in a ceremony attended by Ethel Kennedy, John Siegenthaler, Sr., and poet Nikki Giovanni, among other luminaries.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today questioned British Petroleum America Chief Executive Lamar McKay at a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing about the Gulf Coast oil spill.
Footage of Congressman Cohen’s comments and questions at the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the “Legal Liability Issues Surrounding the Gulf Coast Oil Disaster” can be viewed by selecting the following three links:
Part 1
Part 2
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today called crush videos disturbing and urged that they be banned. Crush videos are a broad term for videos, photographs, and other visual depictions of small animals slowly being crushed to death.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (CAL), today held a hearing on the “Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2010” (H.R. 4677) – a measure authored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI-14).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) recently voted to support the U.S.-Israel Rocket and Missile Defense Cooperation and Support Act (H.R. 5327) – legislation that authorizes the President’s request to provide American assistance to support the deployment of Israel’s Iron Dome Rocket and Missile Defense System. The Memphis Congressman issued the following statement: