115th Congress

WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) released the following statement regarding the revocation of the security clearance of former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John O. Brennan:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) marked the 83^rd anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's signing the Social Security Act into law on Tuesday and made the following statement:

On the anniversary of the Charlottesville hate march, planned and carried out by a cabal of hate groups including Klansmen and Neo-Nazis, I call upon Americans to reflect upon the tragic loss of life and the deplorable words and actions of the white supremacists and nationalists, countered by passionate Americans standing for love, tolerance, hope, and kindness.

As I watched Spike Lee's "The Black Klansman" last night, I thought back on that event and President Donald Trump's insistence that there were "very fine people on both sides" that day.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) celebrated the passage of the Voting Rights Act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on this date in 1965, and made the following statement:

WASHINGTON D.C.—Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded St. Jude Children's Research Hospital a grant totaling $792,792. This grant will help fund important research on mechanisms of regulated cell death.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – After writing to Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery late yesterday urging him to seek an injunction against the publishing of blueprints for a 3-D downloadable guns, Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) today cosponsored legislation to block the proliferation of 3-D guns. A copy of Congressman Cohen's letter to Attorney General Slatery can be found here.