Steve Cohen for Congress
Recent News About Steve Cohen for Congress
Congressman Cohen Speaks in Favor of and Votes for the Right to Contraception Act
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In floor speech, says “freedom is at stake”
Congressman Cohen Votes to Advance Assault Weapons Ban
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Says Republicans defend assault weapons anticipating a civil war
Congressman Cohen’s $17.1 Million in Community Projects Pass the House
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Funding for Overton Park zoo parking, riverfront cobblestone landing, and redevelopment of Foote Park and Porter Junior High
Congressman Cohen Calls for Cuban Baseball Players to have the same Opportunities as other Athletes
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Urges passage of Baseball Diplomacy Act as Cuban Baseball Player Minnie Minoso is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
Co-Chairman Cohen Questions Experts at Helsinki Commission Hearing on Life in Ukraine under Russian Occupation
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Underscores his resolution calling Russian actions a genocide
Congressman Cohen Questions Transportation Secretary Buttigieg on Memphis Priorities
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Highlights Complete Streets, rail service from Memphis to Nashville and airport funding
Congressman Cohen Speaks in Favor of and Votes for the Respect for Marriage Act
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Enshrines protection for gay and interracial marriages
Press Advisory -- Congressman Cohen to Host Renaming Ceremony of the Odell Horton Federal Building
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Congressman Steve Cohen will host the renaming ceremony of the Odell Horton Federal Building on Monday, July 25. News media representatives are welcome to attend.
Congressman Cohen Announces Emergency Relief Grants to Southwest Tennessee Community College and Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Southwest Tennessee Community College will receive a grant of $2,673,526 and Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences will receive a grant of $43,244 from the U.S. Department of Education’s Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund.
Congressman Cohen Votes No on National Defense Authorization Act
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) tonight voted no on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Congressman Cohen Receives Responsibility.Org Leadership Award for Work Preventing Impaired Driving
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Credits success of Multiple Substance Impaired Driving Prevention Act in Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
Congressman Cohen Announces Mental Health Research Grant to UTHSC
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“It is always good to see this type of investment in research at our medical school. This funding will support important work and lead to advances in mental health treatments and therapies.”
Congressman Cohen Defends Precedents Extending Civil Rights
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At a hearing on the Threat to Individual Freedoms in a Post-Roe World
Congressman Cohen Advocates Learning from Our Past While Explaining his Lynching Sites Bill
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“Until we remind people of our past, we will not overcome it”
Congressman Cohen Announces Diabetes Research Grant to St. Jude
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a $250,770 grant from the National Cancer Institute to conduct diabetes prevention research .
Congressman Cohen Announces HIV/AIDS Grant to Methodist LeBonheur Community Outreach
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The grant program is named for Ryan White, an Indiana teenager and hemophiliac who contracted AIDS from infected blood. He died in 1990.
Congressman Cohen Remembers Former Japanese Prime Minister Abe
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“This was a dastardly act in a country where gun violence is virtually unknown. Prime Minister Abe’s legacy will be long remembered. I cherish my two meetings with a very thoughtful statesman and world leader.”
Congressman Cohen Applauds President Biden’s Executive Order on Reproductive Rights
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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, today praised President Biden’s executive order protecting reproductive rights, and made the following statement:
Congressman Cohen Seeks Release of Griner, Whelan and Kara-Murza
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In letter to the President, says they are being used as Putin’s pawns
Helsinki Commission Co-Chairman Cohen Condemns Firing of Andrew Travers
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Says journalist is the target of lawfare
