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Washington, DC – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) will speak at a ceremony renaming the Clifford Davis Federal Building as the Clifford Davis and Odell Horton Federal Building at 10 a.m. Friday, August 24. The ceremony will take place on the south side of the building located at 167 N. Main.
Washington, DC – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) has appointed former Tri-State Defender publisher and editor Marzie G. Thomas to his staff at the Memphis district office. As a special assistant to Congressman Cohen, her responsibilities will include veterans affairs and community outreach, including working with the religious community on areas of common interest such as civil rights, health initiatives and poverty issues.
Washington, DC -- Today a U.S. Congressional Delegation in Israel, including Congressman John Tanner (TN-08) and Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), met with President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Likud Party Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defense Ehud Barak.
The Delegation also met with the parents of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, Israeli army reservists abducted near the Lebanese border last year by Hezbelloh.
Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) is encouraging the participation of District 9 minority vendors in the Minority Procurement Seminar being held in Washington, D.C. on September 27. In an effort to increase the level of participation by minority vendors in contracting opportunities with the U.S. House of Representatives, the Committee on House Administration is sponsoring a Minority Procurement Seminar on September 27, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Speaker, I think it has well been addressed here the dangers that this side of the aisle and possibly some well-meaning folks on the other side of the aisle have about the encroachment on the Constitution that this bill will have. What it basically does is take judges out of the process.
Mr. Speaker, I am astonished at what I have heard from the other side of the aisle: disingenuous talk about great deficit; the deficit caused by the Republican majority's work or lack of work over the last 12 years; giving tax breaks to the rich while sending our troops to a war that has cost us half a trillion dollars and approaching a trillion dollars.
Madam Speaker, some time ago this House passed the Hate Crime Bill, and I was one of the sponsors and one of the supporters.
Washington -- On July 30, 2007, the U.S. House of Representatives passed four pieces of legislation to improve benefits and services for America’s veterans. Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) was pleased to support each of the bills, including H.R.2874, a bill increasing care for homeless and low-income veterans. H.R.2874, the Veterans' Health Care Improvement Act of 2007, will improve mental health care and provide counseling for veterans returning from Afghanistan, Iraq, and all other U.S. conflicts post-1991.
Mr. Speaker, it's my privilege and honor to speak on behalf of this bill.