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This week, the House voted to oust Kevin McCarthy from his post as Speaker. Last Saturday, I voted on a bipartisan compromise that kept the federal government operating past what had been a looming midnight shutdown. I also announced that Tennessee will be receiving more than $1.2 billion in federal highway spending, including $18 million for electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen, whose first vote in Congress, in 2007, helped elect Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House of Representatives, today took a historic vote to remove Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House.
The vote to vacate the Speaker’s chair was 216 to 210.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Memphis Children’s Health Law Directive, known as Memphis CHILD, will receive a grant of $187,307 to provide 50 families with expanded access to social workers, legal representation in navigating housing needs and home assessments from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Community Services.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen, a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced that Tennessee will receive $1,264,197,769 through various Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) programs financed through the historic Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that only he and former Congressman Jim Cooper in Tennessee’s Congressional delegation voted for in 2021.
September 29, 2023 |
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, spoke against a proposed Constitutional amendment establishing term limits for members of Congress and a bill that would allow former Presidents to remove any state case they are involved in, both criminal and civil, to federal court, at the Committee markup earlier today.
WASHINGTON – In conjunction with Infant Mortality Awareness Month, Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Garret Graves (LA-6) and Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland today introduced the Nationally Enhancing the Wellbeing of Babies through Outreach and Research Now (NEWBORN) Act to help address America’s unacceptably high infant mortality rate with concrete solutions.
WASHINGTON – In conjunction with Infant Mortality Awareness Month, Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Garret Graves (LA-6) and Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland today introduced the Nationally Enhancing the Wellbeing of Babies through Outreach and Research Now (NEWBORN) Act to help address America’s unacceptably high infant mortality rate with concrete solutions.
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today introduced legislation to address the epidemic of childhood obesity in America. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey plans to introduce a companion bill in the Senate next week. The measure, the Reducing Obesity in Youth Act, would create incentives to improve the future health of American children and affect future national health care costs and national security.