112th Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9), Congressman Peter Welch (D-VT) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) today spearheaded a letter requesting that the Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Department of State launch an investigation into the State Department’s handling of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and National Interest Determination (NID) for TransCanada Corporation’s proposed Keystone XL Pipeline.
MEMPHIS, TN – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9), a member of the Helsinki Commission, issued the following statement on President Obama’s announcement on the end of the war in Iraq:
MEMPHIS, TN – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today issued the following statement on the death of Colonel Moammar Gadhafi:
“Colonel Gadhafi has gone to a better place,” said Congressman Cohen. “It’s just a shame somebody didn’t put him in that place a long time ago.”
A friend of Congressman Cohen -- Jane Ann Morgan -- was killed on Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988. Colonel Gadhafi was responsible for the bombing that claimed 270 lives.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the Federal Transit Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation, has awarded more than $1.4 million in combined grants to the Memphis Area Transit Authority. These grants will provide MATA with the resources to study transit improvement alternatives on the Madison Avenue corridor and to install a traffic-signal priority system on Poplar Avenue and Elvis Presley Boulevard.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today chaired a Helsinki Commission briefing on the upcoming Tunisia elections. The Congressman will be in Tunisia next week to serve as an election observer.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today hosted a telephone Town Hall on Jobs, improving the economy, Medicare, Social Security and other important issues for approximately 45 minutes between 6:10 p.m. and 7:10 p.m. CT. More than 6,000 constituents from the 9th Congressional District participated in the call.