{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "is_view": false, "human_description_en": "where party = \"Democrat\" and state = \"TN\" sorted by date descending", "rows": [["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-16-million-fema-grants-shelby-county", "Congressman Cohen Announces $1.6 Million in FEMA Grants to Shelby County, the University of Memphis and Covington", "2026-09-25", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced four grants totaling $1,642,481, for Shelby County, the University of Memphis and Covington from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).\n\nShelby Couty will receive two grants. One for $760,859, is for Warning and Alert Systems. A second, for $119,267, will fund rip rap, and other repair or replacement projects at bridges.\n\nThe University of Memphis will receive a grant of $390,355 for Liquefaction Advance Assistance.\n\nThe City of Covington will receive a grant of $372,000 to fund box culvert and other related components repair or replacement.\n\nAll four grants are precautionary responses to previously declared FEMA disasters.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cI am pleased to see FEMA reaching out to anticipate future damage from inevitable disasters caused by climate change. This funding will permit these local entities to prepare for what is coming and mitigate the impact of these storms.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-09-28T11:29:07Z", "2026-09-28T11:30:58Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-introduces-comprehensive-articles-impeachment-against", "Congressman Cohen Introduces Comprehensive Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald Trump", "2026-09-24", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee and an authority on the U.S. Constitution\u2019s impeachment provisions, today introduced 26 Articles of Impeachment against President Donald Trump. The articles cite multiple abuses of power, violations of his oath of office, the corrupt use of the pardon power, and emoluments clause violations, among other misconduct and unlawful acts. (See listing below.)\n\nCongressman Cohen, while serving as the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, introduced five articles of impeachment against Trump in November of 2017.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cTrump is clearly the most impeachable President our country has ever endured. His continued presence in office is a danger to our democracy. That the sycophantic Republican majority in Congress is derelict in its duty does not mean that I must abandon my responsibilities. I took an independent oath to support and defend the Constitution. That commitment compels me to introduce this resolution today. When historians write about this period, and our constituents ask who stood up to President Trump\u2019s lawlessness, this resolution is the answer.\n\n\u201cI sincerely believe that the 120th Congress will better live up to its duties as co-equal branch of government and a check on the executive. I hope this resolution paves the way to accountability. We cannot tolerate this kind lawlessness and corruption.\u201d\n\nThe 26 Articles:\n\nARTICLE I: UNDERMINING DEMOCRACY\u2014SOWING DOUBT IN ELECTIONS\n\nARTICLE II: ABUSE OF POWER\u2014WAGING WAR ON IRAN WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL\n\nARTICLE III: ABUSE OF POWER\u2014EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS OF VENEZUELA\n\nARTICLE IV: ABUSE OF POWER\u2014DEPLOYING MILITARY FORCES AGAINST UNITED STATES CITIES\n\nARTICLE V: VIOLATION OF OATH\u2014THE BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP EXECUTIVE ORDER\n\nARTICLE VI: ABUSE OF POWER\u2014CANCELING FEDERAL GRANTS TO PUNISH STATES FOR THEIR VOTES\n\nARTICLE VII: ABUSE OF POWER\u2014IMPOSING LOYALTY TESTS ON THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE\n\nARTICLE VIII: DISREGARD OF COURTS\u2014THE ALIEN ENEMIES ACT AND THE CASE OF KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA\n\nARTICLE IX: VIOLATION OF OATH\u2014CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT AT CECOT\n\nARTICLE X: VIOLATION OF OATH\u2014UNLAWFUL WITHHOLDING OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS AND DISMANTLING OF CONGRESSIONALLY ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS\n\nARTICLE XI: ABUSE OF POWER\u2014OBSTRUCTING THE LAWFUL APPOINTMENT OF UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS\n\nARTICLE XII: ABUSE OF POWER\u2014DEFYING COURT ORDERS IN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT\n\nARTICLE XIII: ABOLISHING A CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED AGENCY\u2014THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION\n\nARTICLE XIV: VIOLATION OF OATH\u2014UNLAWFUL MASS TERMINATION OF INSPECTORS GENERAL WITHOUT STATUTORY NOTICE TO CONGRESS\n\nARTICLE XV: UNLAWFULLY AND UNILATERALLY TAXING UNITED STATES CITIZENS THROUGH EMERGENCY POWERS TARIFFS\n\nARTICLE XVI: ABUSE OF POWER\u2014POLITICAL PROSECUTIONS OF COMEY, JAMES, AND SCHIFF\n\nARTICLE XVII: ABUSE OF POWER\u2014THE IRS SETTLEMENT AND THE CORRUPTION OF THE JUDGMENT FUND\n\nARTICLE XVIII: ABUSE OF POWER\u2014THE CORRUPT USE OF THE PARDON POWER\n\nARTICLE XIX: ATTACKS ON A FREE PRESS\u2014BANISHING REPORTERS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE FOR DISFAVORED COVERAGE\n\nARTICLE XX: ATTACKS ON A FREE PRESS\u2014COERCING CBS AND ABC TO CHANGE EDITORIAL CONTENT\n\nARTICLE XXI: VIOLATION OF OATH\u2014FREE SPEECH AND RETALIATORY EXECUTIVE ORDERS AGAINST LAW FIRMS\n\nARTICLE XXII: VIOLATION OF OATH\u2014FREE SPEECH AND COERCING UNIVERSITIES THROUGH WITHHELD FEDERAL FUNDS\n\nARTICLE XXIII: ABUSE OF POWER\u2014DEMOLISHING THE WHITE HOUSE EAST WING WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL\n\nARTICLE XXIV: VIOLATION OF OATH\u2014THE ILLEGAL IMPOUNDMENT OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS\n\nARTICLE XXV: ABUSE OF POWER\u2014SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT THROUGH THE RENAMING OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, SEIZURE OF CULTURAL AND CIVIC PROPERTY, AND PERSONAL APPROPRIATION OF NATIONAL CURRENCY\n\nARTICLE XXVI: EMOLUMENTS VIOLATIONS\u2014PROFITING PERSONALLY AND DIRECTLY FROM THE PRESIDENCY\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-09-25T10:04:52Z", "2026-09-25T10:05:46Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-remembers-criminal-court-judge-arthur-t-bennett", "Congressman Cohen Remembers Criminal Court Judge Arthur T. Bennett", "2026-09-24", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON\u2014Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today noted the passing of Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Arthur T. Bennett and made the following statement:\n\n\u201cWe all mourn Judge Bennett\u2019s passing. He was an outstanding judge. His court was always courteous to both sides and ruled quickly and properly on motions. He was a gentleman at all times and there\u2019s not a finer criminal court judge I ever knew.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-09-25T10:04:52Z", "2026-09-25T10:05:46Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-condemns-plan-further-politicize-nih-grant-decisions", "Congressman Cohen Condemns Plan to Further Politicize NIH Grant Decisions", "2026-09-22", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), co-chair of the Biomedical Research Caucus, and whose district includes St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), and other internationally recognized scientific research institutions, made the following statement after learning of White House plans to further politicize National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant funding decisions. The plan calls for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya to co-chair a committee to review and potentially veto projects deemed too \u201cwoke\u201d by the White House.\n\nCongressman Cohen\u2019s statement:\n\n\u201cThe NIH is highly respected and highly effective at finding cures and treatments that are needed for the well-being of families, the American public and the world. In other words, the NIH is the \u2018National Institutes of Hope.\u2019 Early in Trump\u2019s second term, the scientific and medical research communities were thrown into chaos when National Institutes of Health funding already approved was withheld over concerns that projects could advance diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts by the grantee institutions. This new plan would make official the explicit politization of grant making. The OMB has no expertise to review scientific grants; that is what the NIH internal review panels are for. This is bad for science, bad for public health, and bad for America\u2019s role as the undisputed leader in scientific research. A depoliticized NIH is why the USA has led the world in discovering medicines to cure and treat diseases, and in being awarded Nobel Prizes. I will work with scientific and medical research institutions to make sure this plan is scuttled and that science alone guides decisions on federal funding for scientific research for the betterment of mankind.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-09-23T09:45:16Z", "2026-09-23T09:46:14Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-and-17-congressional-colleagues-seek-gao-review-blm", "Congressman Cohen and 17 Congressional Colleagues Seek GAO Review of BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program", "2026-09-18", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01) and 16 of their colleagues sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Thursday requesting a review of the Bureau of Land Management\u2019s (BLM) Wild Horse and Burro Program following reports that wild horses have been slaughtered. Supporters of the letter include Congressional Wild Horse Caucus Co-Chairs Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06), Congressman Cohen, and Mark Pocan (WI-02) as well as Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey. The letter is endorsed by American Wild Horse Conservation.\n\n\u201cThe Administration knows what it is doing. It is circumventing the law to benefit landowners who want to get rid of all the wild horses, which are an American heritage that we should value. More oversight is needed,\u201d said Congressman Cohen.\n\n\u201cWe now know what we have long suspected \u2014 that the BLM has been selling off wild horses that end up in slaughterhouses,\u201d said Congresswoman Dina Titus, Co-Chair of the Congressional Wild Horse Caucus. \u201cThis practice must end now. I am leading my Congressional colleagues in demanding an investigation of the Wild Horse and Burro Sale Program to ensure wild horses and burros received the protections they are guaranteed by federal law.\"\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s long past time to fix the ongoing failures in how America\u2019s wild horses are managed. For years, across both Republican and Democrat administrations, we\u2019ve seen alarming reports of hostility toward these animals and serious questions about how the Bureau of Land Management is carrying out its responsibilities. This cannot be a partisan issue. It\u2019s a stewardship issue. I\u2019m proud to join this bipartisan effort to demand accountability, protect our wild horses, and push for real solutions that address the problem head-on.\u201d said Congressman Juan Ciscomani\n\n\u201cOur laws demand that we protect wild horses, not send them to slaughter. Congress has always worked in a bipartisan manner to protect these animals, and we need accountability and oversight at the Bureau of Land Management immediately. We hope this request will force the Administration to do the right thing,\u201d said Congressman Mark Pocan.\n\n\u201cWild horses are a national treasure. Year after year, Congress has barred the Bureau of Land Management from slaughtering them. Yet now there is a concerning report that Trump\u2019s agency is recklessly selling wild horses to buyers who slaughter them. I am calling on GAO to investigate,\u201d said Senator Cory Booker.\n\n\u201cThe GAO investigation is a critical step toward uncovering and eliminating abuses within the Sale Authority Program, abuses documented through AWHC\u2019s longstanding investigation and recently brought to national attention by The New York Times. No federal program should allow America\u2019s treasured and legally protected wild horses and burros to be funneled into the slaughter pipeline\u201d, said Patricia Miller, Chair, Board of Directors & Executive Director, American Wild Horse Conservation. \u201cWe are deeply grateful to Representative Dina Titus and her fellow Congressional Wild Horse Caucus co-chairs, Representatives Ciscomani, Cohen, and Pocan, for leading this essential oversight effort and advancing the agency accountability and lasting reform necessary to ensure these animals receive the protections promised to them under federal law.\u201d\n\nThe letter states: \u201cThis request is particularly urgent in light of recent reporting by The New York Times detailing how changes in the BLM\u2019s management of wild horses and burros could exploit a legal loophole to facilitate their movement into the slaughter pipeline. The reporting raises renewed concerns about whether BLM's Sale Program is being used to circumvent longstanding congressional protections intended to prevent federally protected wild horses and burros from being sold or otherwise funneled into slaughter.\n\n\u201cA comprehensive GAO review would provide Congress with an independent assessment of whether BLM's current practices adequately protect federally managed wild horses and burros, comply with congressional directives, and appropriately safeguard taxpayer resources. It would also build upon GAO's prior examination of BLM's wild horse management and sales practices, allowing Congress to determine whether safeguards remain effective nearly two decades later.\n\n\u201cMost importantly, this review would help Congress determine whether the Sale Program is functioning as a legitimate placement mechanism or has become a pathway through which federally protected wild horses and burros can predictably enter the slaughter pipeline after title transfers. The recent reporting in The New York Times, together with BLM's expanded reliance on removals and sales, makes an independent examination especially timely.\n\n\u201cGAO's findings would provide Congress with the factual basis necessary to strengthen safeguards, improve reporting requirements, ensure compliance with appropriations restrictions and the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, and consider additional statutory changes where necessary.\u201d\n\nThe letter asks the GAO to address the following issues:\n\nImplementation of Sale Authority\n\nHow has BLM implemented its Sale Authority, including \"sales without limitation,\" since enactment of the 2004 amendments to the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act?\n\nHow many horses and burros have been sold annually under Sale Authority since 2004, and what trends have emerged over time?\n\nHow has BLM's reliance on sales changed following implementation of \"The Path Forward\" and the substantial increase in congressional funding for removals?\n\nTo what extent do current group and individual sales operate differently from the historical \"sales without limitation\" that Congress sought to restrict through appropriations language?\n\nPurchaser Screening and Internal Controls\n\nWhat policies, procedures, and internal controls govern purchaser screening, approval, monitoring, and post-sale oversight?\n\nHow does BLM identify and manage high-risk or repeat purchasers?\n\nDoes BLM maintain records of individuals or entities that have purchased large numbers of horses or burros over time, including purchases made through related individuals or entities?\n\nWhat mechanisms exist to identify purchasers with connections to livestock auctions, kill buyers, brokers, slaughter facilities, or other high-risk entities?\n\nHow frequently has BLM investigated allegations that sold animals entered slaughter channels, and what enforcement actions, including repossessions, purchaser suspensions, or debarments, have resulted?\n\nPost-Sale Outcomes and Enforcement\n\nWhat information does BLM collect regarding the disposition of horses and burros after title transfers?\n\nTo what extent can BLM determine whether sold animals ultimately enter commercial slaughter channels?\n\nUnder what circumstances does BLM have authority to repossess or otherwise recover an animal after a sale?\n\nWhat criteria does BLM use to determine whether to intervene when a sold horse or burro is subsequently identified at an auction, kill pen, or other slaughter-related facility?\n\nHow many horses and burros has BLM repossessed following a sale during the past ten years, and what circumstances led to those actions?\n\nHow many purchasers have been suspended, debarred, or otherwise restricted during the same period?\n\nDoes BLM distinguish between adoption and sale outcomes when reporting placement success to Congress and the public?\n\nCompliance with Congressional Direction\n\nIs BLM administering the Sale Program in a manner consistent with annual appropriations language prohibiting the destruction of healthy wild horses and burros or their sale for processing into commercial products?\n\nAre BLM's current sales practices consistent with the purpose and intent of congressional restrictions on \"sales without limitation\"?\n\nDoes BLM have adequate safeguards to prevent sales that it knows, or reasonably should know, are likely to result in animals entering the slaughter pipeline?\n\nTo what extent could current Sale Authority practices undermine congressional prohibitions by transferring animals to purchasers who subsequently resell them for slaughter?\n\nAre current policies and oversight mechanisms sufficient to ensure that federally protected animals are not predictably diverted into slaughter?\n\nProgram Management and Congressional Oversight\n\nWhat relationship exists between BLM's removal targets, off-range holding population, adoption rates, and reliance on sales?\n\nHas BLM evaluated whether its current removal and sale strategies create incentives to prioritize rapid disposal over durable placement outcomes?\n\nWhat statutory, regulatory, administrative, or reporting changes would strengthen congressional oversight and accountability?\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-19T09:11:33Z", "2026-09-19T09:12:45Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-805047-nih-grants-st-jude-and-uthsc", "Congressman Cohen Announces $805,047 in NIH Grants to St. Jude and UTHSC", "2026-09-18", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital will receive two grants and the University of Memphis will receive one grant from the National Institutes of Health. The first of the St. Jude grants for $416,250, from the National Cancer Institute, is for pancreatic cancer research under the direction of Dr. Christopher Vakoc. The goal of the project is to identify new cellular signaling pathways to help develop novel therapeutics. The second St. Jude grant, for $79,780 from the National Institute on Aging, is for Alzheimer\u2019s disease research under the direction of Dr. Jay Michael Yarbro.\n\nThe University of Memphis grant, for $309,017 from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, is for work on wearable sensing devices for precision COPD risk prediction under the direction of Dr. Maryam Karimi of the School of Public Health.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cUnderstanding and treating pancreatic cancer, Alzheimer\u2019s and COPD will improve the quality of patients\u2019 lives. I commend Drs. Vakoc, Yarbro and Karimi for the life-saving work they are doing.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-09-19T09:11:33Z", "2026-09-19T09:12:45Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-hernia-research-grant-uthsc", "Congressman Cohen Announces Hernia Research Grant to UTHSC", "2026-09-15", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has received a $783,237 grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to conduct research on inhaled nitric oxide for congenital diaphragmatic hernia. These hernias affect 2 to 4 per 10,000 births in the U.S., amounting to roughly 1,500 children per year, with an annual societal cost of nearly $400 million. Nitric Oxide is a different chemical than Nitrous Oxide, often utilized in dentist offices. This study aims to better understand the effects that Nitric Oxide has on the level of oxygen in the blood, to refine treatment options for patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernias. The research is under the direction of Dr. Timothy Jancelewicz.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cI am pleased to see this substantial investment in lung disease research at our medical school. I commend Dr. Jancelewicz for conducting this important treatment trial.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-09-16T09:43:13Z", "2026-09-16T09:44:22Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/cohen-commends-lonnie-g-bunch-lifetime-service-american-history-and", "Cohen Commends Lonnie G. Bunch for a Lifetime of Service to American History and the Smithsonian", "2026-09-14", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today issued the following statement in response to the announcement that Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III will retire from his position after nearly four decades of service to the Smithsonian Institution:\n\n\u201cLonnie G. Bunch has had an extraordinary career from start to finish, and our country is better because of his commitment to telling the full and honest story of America.\n\nDr. Bunch\u2019s work as the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture was a splendid contribution to American history and to our National Mall. He took what was once an idea and built it into one of our nation\u2019s most important cultural institutions. Today, millions of Americans have walked through its doors and encountered the history, contributions, and experiences of African Americans as an essential part of the American story.\n\nAs Secretary of the Smithsonian, Dr. Bunch continued that work by protecting the integrity of our museums and their commitment to truth. In the face of relentless attacks from President Trump, he stood firmly for the importance of preserving and presenting history honestly. He understands that the strength of America comes from confronting our history honestly, learning from it, and passing that knowledge on to the next generation.\n\nI have been highly honored to know Dr. Bunch over the years. He is thoughtful, gracious, and incredibly easy to work with, and his integrity has always been evident.\n\nDr. Lonnie G. Bunch will be remembered as one of the great voices speaking truth to future generations about the importance of museums, the preservation of history, and the First Amendment. I thank him for his extraordinary service to our country, the Smithsonian, and the American people.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-09-15T09:50:21Z", "2026-09-15T09:52:05Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-884991-nih-grants-st-jude", "Congressman Cohen Announces $884,991 in NIH Grants to St. Jude", "2026-09-14", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Coen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital will receive four grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) totaling $884,991. One grant of $263,328 is from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for training staff in infectious disease therapeutics. A second, for $289,458, is for research on pediatric leukemia from the National Cancer Institute. A third, for $49,114, is for a predoctoral program at the hospital\u2019s Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. And a fourth, for $283,091, is for mapping Real-World CAR T-cell implementation from the National Cancer Institute.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cThis investment in staff training and cancer and biomedical research will result in better outcomes for patients and potentially save lives.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-09-15T09:50:21Z", "2026-09-15T09:52:05Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-questions-intelligence-experts-export-controls", "Congressman Cohen Questions Intelligence Experts on Export Controls on Sensitive Computer Chips", "2026-09-02", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today questioned expert witnesses on intelligence and national security issues about why the Trump administration lifted export controls to allow the Chinese Communist Party to purchase high-performance but sensitive H200 GPU computer chips that can be used to strengthen the Chinese military to the detriment of the United States.\n\nThe Congressman noted that everyone who has testified before the committee has recognized the decision was a dangerous mistake, including the witnesses today.\n\nIn his remarks, the Congressman said in part:\n\n\u201cIt all comes down to that decision. I think it\u2019s pretty obvious who made the decision to give them chips: President Trump. Is that not correct?...All the experts we\u2019ve had, and everybody, says \u2018don\u2019t do it. Big mistake. We\u2019re giving away our country\u2019s future.\u2019 He\u2019s more worried about the Kennedy Center\u2019s naming and the ballroom and the golf course.\u201d\n\nSee his line of questioning here.\n\nThe witnesses at today\u2019s hearing were:\n\nMr. Frank Cilluffo \u2013 Director of the McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security at Auburn University;\n\nMr. David Feith \u2013 Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute; and\n\nDr. Seth Jones \u2013 President of the Defense and Security Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-09-03T09:29:33Z", "2026-09-03T09:31:32Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-14-million-national-cancer-institute-grants", "Congressman Cohen Announces $1.4 Million in National Cancer Institute Grants to UTHSC", "2026-09-01", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced two grants totaling $1,441,914 to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) from the National Cancer Institute. One, for $1,052,689, will support research into the contribution of microbial-derived metabolites to protective immunity in obesity-driven cancer risk under the direction of Dr. Liza Makowski-Hayes. Her group will work to address the questions: how and to what extent are the underlying mechanisms of obesity-mediated increases in chronic inflammation related to an increase in cancer risk? A second grant, for $389,215 will support research into drug discovery for triple-negative breast cancer (absence or substantial lack of estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and HER2), which accounts for 15-20 percent of breast cancers, under the direction of Dr. Michio Kurosu.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cI am always pleased to see these kinds of investment in the work of our University of Tennessee medical school. Cancer research saves lives. I commend both Drs. Makowski-Hayes and Kurosu for undertaking this work.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-09-02T09:19:58Z", "2026-09-02T09:20:51Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-celebrates-901-day-9-01", "Congressman Cohen Celebrates \u201c901 Day\u201d on 9-01", "2026-09-01", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today went to the House floor to speak on \u201c901 Day.\u201d\n\nIn his remarks, he said:\n\n\u201cToday we celebrate 901 Day \u2014 a day to celebrate Memphis, Tennessee, and the people who make our city what it is. 901 is more than an area code. It represents people who have never been afraid to stand up and demand better. In 1968, sanitation workers, AFSCME workers, in Memphis marched for dignity, fair wages, and the basic right to be treated with respect. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Memphis to stand with those workers and tragically lost his life there. This history reminds us that progress has never simply been given to Memphis. We have fought for it.\n\n\u201cNow, with the gerrymandered redistricting effort that took away the vote of black voters and the large-scale ICE raid that was carried out this past weekend, we must fight harder.\n\n\u201cSo yes, today we celebrate the history, the music, the culture, and the BBQ, but most importantly we celebrate the people \u2014 the generations of Memphians who refused to accept that things had to stay the way they were. And we carry that spirit forward.\n\n\u201cHappy 901 Day Memphis.\u201d\n\nSee the speech here.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-09-02T09:19:58Z", "2026-09-02T09:20:51Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-questions-witnesses-hearing-sanctuary-jurisdictions", "Congressman Cohen Questions Witnesses at Hearing on Sanctuary Jurisdictions", "2026-09-01", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 The Republican-led Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security and Enforcement today held yet another hearing on sanctuary jurisdictions in advance of the November midterm elections. Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, questioned witnesses about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents\u2019 accountability after killings in Minnesota and the competence of immigration policy leadership, and then focused on an incident over the weekend in Memphis.\n\nIn his remarks, he said in part:\n\n\u201cIf we had better people running ICE what happened (in Minnesota) may not have occurred. We need experts - law enforcement experts \u2013 top notch people who know what they\u2019re doing and can zero in on \u2018the worst of the worst\u2019 and get them off the streets and out of the country.\u201d\n\nCongressman Cohen said neither of Trump\u2019s picks to run the Department of Homeland Security \u2013 Kristi Noem and Markwayne Mullin \u2013 were qualified.\n\nHe continued:\n\n\u201cSanctuary cities are not the problem. Memphis is not a sanctuary city, but just this weekend we had the largest ICE raid in Memphis history. They picked up a hundred people out of a bar and took them and put them in buses at 2 o\u2019clock in the morning. They claim they went to the bar, which is in a Hispanic neighborhood, because they had gambling going on\u2026They took people out of the community. The Memphis mayor objected. I object. We don\u2019t need the National Guard in Memphis. We don\u2019t need ICE in Memphis. We need rational law enforcement and rational immigration (policy). We don\u2019t have it.\u201d\n\nSee his remarks here.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-09-02T09:19:58Z", "2026-09-02T09:20:51Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-urges-governor-lee-request-fema-assistance", "Congressman Cohen Urges Governor Lee to Request FEMA Assistance", "2026-09-01", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today wrote to Governor Bill Lee urging him again to seek assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in response to the damage done by storms on Saturday, August 22. The Congressman wrote to Lee on August 24 making the same request.\n\nIn his letter today, Congressman wrote in part:\n\n\u201cI am writing to follow up on my earlier letter urging you to request assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for Shelby County in response to the severe storms that struck Memphis and Shelby County on Saturday, August 22. Since my previous correspondence, conditions on the ground have continued to demonstrate the urgent need for additional support.\n\n\u201cThe storm caused extensive damage to homes, public infrastructure, and utility systems, leading to prolonged power outages and significant disruptions to essential services. Memphis Light Gas & Water (MLGW) reported power outages to 148,000 customers. As many as 11,000 customers were without power through Wednesday, August 26. Restoration crews, including both local personnel and external support teams, are working tirelessly, but the scale of tree damage, downed lines, and infrastructural impact has made recovery efforts especially challenging.\n\n\u201cAs of August 31, the Shelby County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency has reported over $19 million in recorded damages. Given the severity of the damage and the continued burden on critical services, prompt action is necessary to ensure access to all available federal resources that can support recovery and stabilization.\n\n\u201cI respectfully reiterate my request that you seek the appropriate federal disaster assistance as soon as possible. I stand ready to support this effort in any way needed.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-09-02T09:19:58Z", "2026-09-02T09:20:51Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohens-statement-sundays-ice-raid-macon-road", "Congressman Cohen\u2019s Statement on Sunday\u2019s ICE Raid on Macon Road", "2026-08-31", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), who has raised his strong opposition to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) being in Memphis on the House floor, in House Judiciary committee proceedings and in letters urging the immediate removal of ICE, made the following statement after hearing about an ICE raid at a bar on Macon Road in Memphis:\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve said it before and I\u2019ll say it again: we don\u2019t have an immigration problem in Memphis and ICE\u2019s presence in our streets is doing more harm than good. The people detained \u2013 for whatever reason \u2013 are our neighbors. The harshly negative reaction to Sunday\u2019s ICE raid reflects our community\u2019s assessment that ICE needs to leave Memphis. Governor Lee needs a job when his term ends so he is acting with immigration like he did with redistricting, helping Trump.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-09-01T09:48:49Z", "2026-09-01T09:49:51Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-23-million-health-and-human-services-0", "Congressman Cohen Announces $2.3 Million in Health and Human Services Grants to UTHSC, St. Jude and Methodist Le Bonheur Community Outreach", "2026-08-28", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $1 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to expand the maternity care workforce under the direction of Dr. Mary Fouquier of the College of Nursing. Congressman Cohen also announced Methodist Le Bonheur Community Outreach will receive a grant of $450,000 for its Delta Region Maternal Care Coordination Program from HRSA.\n\nSt. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital will receive a grant of $921,871 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to study the structural basis of signal instigation under the direction of Dr. Georgios Skiniotis, director of its Center of Excellence for Structural Cell Biology. Proteins are 3-dimensional and drug-binding, and can subtly alter that shape to induce, enhance, reduce, or prevent something else downstream in the biological system from occurring. Dr. Skiniotis\u2019 team will use advanced cryogenic electron microscopy techniques to directly observe several proteins, the metabotropic glutamate 2 and 5 (mGluR2 and mGluR5), and \u03b3-aminobutyric acid B receptors (GABABR) which bind the neurotransmitters glutamate and glycine receptor, in combination with another critical protein class, called the G-proteins. The mGluR2, mGluR5, and GABABR are part of a substantial class of receptors, called the G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR). Approximately 35 percent of all FDA-approved drugs target these GPCRs. Thus, the detailed structural information that Dr. Skiniotis\u2019 team seeks to uncover will assist in the development of new drugs for these critical targets.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cIn a region with high levels of infant and maternal mortality, these investments in training nurses and outreach to the community will save lives. St. Jude continues to do critical research at the cellular level that will result in discoveries and improve outcomes. I congratulate all three recipients of this funding for the life-saving work they are doing.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-08-28T17:11:49Z", "2026-08-28T17:13:14Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-916030-grants-federal-emergency-management", "Congressman Cohen Announces $916,030 in Grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)", "2026-08-28", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) announced today that Memphis Shelby County Schools, Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW) and the Southwest Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation, with offices in Covington, will receive a total of $916,030 to address storm disaster-related expenses from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).\n\nMemphis Shelby County Schools will receive $250,850 for repairs and Southwest Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation will receive $541,134 for replacement utility poles and transformers as a result of the storm that was declared a disaster in February. Both figures represent the 75 percent federal share for reimbursements.\n\nMLGW will receive $124,046 for costs associated with managing public assistance grants as a result of storms last summer. That figure represents 100 percent of the cost incurred.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cOur region has taken quite a bruising in recent years from straight-line winds and tornadoes. This FEMA funding will help reimburse the costs incurred locally and the investment will improve the local economy.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-08-28T17:11:49Z", "2026-08-28T17:13:14Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-42-million-fema-grants-tipton-county", "Congressman Cohen Announces $4.2 Million in FEMA Grants for Tipton County, Covington and Munford", "2026-08-28", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Tipton County, Covington and Munford will share $4,222,558 in grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The City of Covington will receive $3,743,581 to build a multi-purpose facility that can double as a Community Safe Room adjacent to the Covington Police Station. Its maximum occupancy would be 736.\n\nTipton County will receive $299,171 and Munford will receive $179,606 for weather warning and alert systems.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cTipton County has taken it on the chin recently with severe weather. These precautionary efforts to address the increasing frequency and severity of these events are practical and potentially life-saving.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-08-29T11:31:28Z", "2026-08-29T11:32:37Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-snap-timely-reporting-waiver-and-mass", "Congressman Cohen Announces SNAP Timely Reporting Waiver and Mass Replacement of SNAP Benefits for Shelby County", "2026-08-28", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Administration has approved two requests from the Tennessee Department of Human Services to loosen restrictions on the timely request for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) replacement benefits due to the major storm damage last Saturday, August 22. The second waiver authorizes replacement of those benefits.\n\nHouseholds already enrolled in the SNAP program in eight ZIP codes are eligible: 38004, 38108, 38111, 38115, 38116, 38119, 38126 and 38141. The number of SNAP beneficiaries in the affected area is estimated at 65,222. The total monthly issuance of benefits to the affected areas is $29,682,489.\n\nNormally, recipients would be required to request replacement benefits within 10 days of an emergency or disaster, but the waiver gives recipients until September 11.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cThe severity of the damage and length of time electric power was out after Saturday\u2019s storm makes these sensible waivers necessary. I am hopeful affected recipients will take advantage of this prolonged application period.\u201d\n\nSNAP enrollees can apply for replacement benefits through the Tennessee Department of Human Services through the state\u2019s One DHS portal at https://onedhs.tn.gov/csp.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-08-29T11:31:28Z", "2026-08-29T11:32:37Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-urges-governor-lee-seek-federal-disaster-assistance", "Congressman Cohen Urges Governor Lee to Seek Federal Disaster Assistance", "2026-08-24", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today wrote to Governor Bill Lee urging him to seek assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after Saturday\u2019s devastating storm.\n\nThe letter reads in part:\n\n\u201cI strongly urge you to request assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), under the provisions of Section 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (Stafford Act), and implemented by 44 CFR 206.35, for Shelby County in response to the severe storms that struck Memphis and Shelby County on Saturday, August 22.\n\n\u201cThe powerful storm brought winds exceeding 80 miles per hour and caused extensive damage to trees, utility poles, power lines, homes, and other infrastructure throughout our community. At the height of the storm, more than 140,000 Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW) customers were without power. MLGW has since determined that this was the seventh most damaging storm in its history based on outage impact and the number of circuits affected.\n\n\u201cWhile MLGW crews have made significant progress, the scope of the damage remains substantial. As of Monday morning, over 45,000 customers and constituents of mine remain without power. MLGW has deployed hundreds of its own employees and brought in dozens of additional outside crews, with approximately 700 to 800 personnel working across the service area to restore power. More than 200 tree-trimming personnel are also assisting with the recovery.\n\n\u201cMLGW has advised customers to prepare to be without power for multiple days because of the extensive number of downed and damaged trees, poles, and wires. The storm also affected water treatment facilities, schools, roadways, and other critical infrastructure. Memphis-Shelby County Schools were forced to close on Monday because of widespread outages affecting dozens of schools and administrative buildings.\n\n\u201cThe severity and widespread impact of this storm have placed a significant burden on Memphis and Shelby County residents, local governments, utilities, and emergency response agencies. Given the scale of the damage and the resources required for recovery, I believe a swift request for federal disaster assistance is prudent to ensure Shelby County has access to all available resources to address the damage and support affected residents.\n\n\u201cI respectfully urge you to act expeditiously to seek the appropriate federal assistance for Shelby County and stand ready to assist in any way necessary to support such a request.\u201d\n\nSee the letter here.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-08-25T05:31:37Z", "2026-08-25T05:33:09Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressmen-cohen-and-roy-reintroduce-bipartisan-article-one-act", "Congressmen Cohen and Roy Reintroduce Bipartisan ARTICLE ONE Act Requiring Congressional Approval on National Emergencies After 30 Days", "2026-08-20", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Chip Roy (TX-21) today reintroduced the Assuring Robust, Thorough, and Informed Congressional Leadership is Exercised Over National Emergencies (ARTICLE ONE) Act, legislation that would require Congress to approve national emergency declarations and the powers used under them within 30 days for them to remain in effect. When first introduced in the last Congress, the bill passed out of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in September 2024.\n\n\u201cAn emergency declared during the Carter Administration should not still be in effect. When I was Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, I held hearings on the National Emergencies Act and built bipartisan support for its reform. Our government is defined by checks and balances. But right now, Presidents can tap into emergency powers without any meaningful political check, time limit, or public rationale. We need to restore the balance of power and make sure that emergency powers are used only in true emergencies and that Congress is involved in their assessment and duration. I\u2019m pleased to join with my colleague Congressman Chip Roy in this continuing bipartisan effort at meaningful reform,\u201d said Congressman Cohen.\n\nRead the full bill text here.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-08-21T05:30:57Z", "2026-08-21T05:32:22Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-18-million-nih-grants-st-jude-0", "Congressman Cohen Announces $1.8 Million in NIH Grants to St. Jude", "2026-08-18", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital will receive three National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants totaling $1,882,804. Two of the grants, from the National Cancer Institute, will fund projects supported by the 21st Century Cures Act, authorizing what\u2019s referred to as the Beau Biden Moonshot. Congressman Cohen voted for the legislation in 2016.\n\nA third NIH grant, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will support research on enhanced T-cell function.\n\nCongressman Cohen announced five NIH grants totaling $2,657,819 on Monday.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cI was pleased to support the 21st Century Cures Act and the research it authorizes and am glad to see some of that work is being done at St. Jude, our premiere children\u2019s cancer hospital. I commend all involved in these life-saving efforts.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-08-19T05:29:02Z", "2026-08-19T05:30:24Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-26-million-nih-grants-st-jude", "Congressman Cohen Announces $2.6 Million in NIH Grants to St. Jude", "2026-08-17", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced five National Institutes of Health grants totaling $2,657,819 to St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital. One, for $697,992, from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, is for research on Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)-causing proteins. The second, for $455,000, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is for research on inflammatory caspases in innate immunity and inflammation.\n\nThree grants from the National Cancer Institute, for $688,385, $767,328, and $49,114, will support research on cardiovascular health outcomes, neuroblastomas, and acute myeloid leukemia respectively.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cSt. Jude scientists are working on critical projects that will improve outcomes and save lives. I commend the scientists involved in this research.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-08-18T05:27:41Z", "2026-08-18T05:29:06Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-219-million-grant-frederick-w-smith", "Congressman Cohen Announces $21.9 Million Grant to Frederick W. Smith International Airport", "2026-08-14", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the newly re-named Frederick W. Smith International Airport will receive a grant of $21,982,285 from the Federal Aviation Administration. The funding will pay for the reconstruction and reconfiguration of a terminal access outer road, construction of a snow-removal equipment building, the realignment of Taxiway B, and improvements to the ticketing and security screening areas.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cOur newly re-named Frederick W. Smith International Airport is an economic engine in our region. The substantial investment in improvements supported by this grant will increase its efficiency and aesthetic value for air travelers and improve the local economy by creating jobs.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-08-15T05:23:20Z", "2026-08-15T05:24:50Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-742269-nih-grants-st-jude-and-uthsc", "Congressman Cohen Announces $742,269 in NIH Grants to St. Jude and UTHSC", "2026-08-13", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital will receive three grants totaling $515,239, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive one grant of $227,030, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)\n\nSt. Jude will receive two grants from the National Cancer Institute \u2013 one for research on acute lymphoblastic leukemia and one for research on SWISNF proteins. A third grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences will support research on RNA-guided DNA transposition systems.\n\nUTHSC will receive the grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism evaluating the synergistic effects of developmental and adult alcohol exposure on Alzheimers-related phenotypes,\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cThese investments from our National Institutes of Health will advance of knowledge and potentially save lives. I commend both St. Jude and our medical school for undertaking this important work.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-08-14T06:13:05Z", "2026-08-14T06:14:08Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-45-million-department-justice-grants", "Congressman Cohen Announces $4.5 Million in Department of Justice Grants to Tennessee", "2026-08-06", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TH-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today announced two grants totaling $4,592,039 from the Department of Justice\u2019s Office of Violence Against Women to the state of Tennessee.\n\nOne grant, for $3,623,147, will support the STOP (Services, Training, Officers, Prosecutors) Violence Against Women Program authorized by the 1994 Violence Against Women Act. A second grant, for $968,892, will support the Sexual Assault Services Formula Program supporting rape crisis centers that provide services to victims of sexual assault.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cThis critical funding addresses both the effective investigation and prosecution of sexual assault and assists victims of this trauma. I\u2019m pleased to see the Department of Justice investing in these essential programs.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-08-07T06:11:19Z", "2026-08-07T06:12:42Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-100000-grant-soulsville-foundation", "Congressman Cohen Announces $100,000 Grant to the Soulsville Foundation", "2026-08-05", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Soulsville Foundation will receive a grant of $100,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to implement a curator-in-residence program.\n\nThe Stax Museum of American Soul Music program, according to IMLS, will be designed to strengthen the museum's interpretive capacity, expand access to its collections, and deepen scholarship related to African American music history and the global legacy of Stax Records. Each resident curator will conduct research using the museum\u2019s archives and artifact collections; collaborate with staff to develop interpretive materials, exhibitions, and digital storytelling content; and lead public programs such as lectures, listening sessions, and youth workshops.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cThe Stax Museum is one of our city\u2019s most prized cultural institutions. This grant funding, and the prestige it adds to the museum\u2019s outreach efforts, will enhance its international reputation. I commend Soulsville Foundation President and CEO Pat Mitchell Worley and the entire staff of the museum for this significant and well-deserved recognition.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-08-06T07:37:31Z", "2026-08-06T07:38:34Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-24-million-nih-grants-uthsc", "Congressman Cohen Announces $2.4 Million in NIH Grants to UTHSC", "2026-07-30", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive four grants totaling $2,447,031 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).\n\nOne grant, for $678,934, is for research on novel host-adaptation mechanisms regulating Aspergillus pathogenic fitness under the direction of Dr. Jerrod R. Fortwendel from the National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Aspergillus fumigatus are a species of fungi which are the most prevalent invasive mold infections in immunocompromised individuals. The World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control list it as a pathogen of grave concern. Therefore, new treatments are urgently needed. This project focuses on the mechanisms of how these fungi cause damage, with the goal of identifying new targets for antifungal drugs. A second grant, for $645,060, is for breast cancer research to develop new classes of drugs which evade drug resistance under the direction of Dr. Wei Li from the National Cancer Institute. A third grant, for $624,442, is for research on epigenetic regulation of heart function in health and aging under the direction of Dr. Zhongjie Sun from the National Institute on Aging. Epigenetic changes to the DNA are those generated by environmental factors (such as proximity to chemical processing plants or exposure to toxins from environmental pollutants) or behavioral factors, such as from smoking. This work may offer new preventative and therapeutic approaches for aging-associated kidney dysfunction and hypertension. And a fourth grant, for $498,595, is for studying neonatal cerebral vascular injury by prolonged asphyxia under the direction of Dr. Helena Parfenova of the Department of Physiology from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The neonatal brain is particularly vulnerable to disruptions in its blood supply. Cerebral dysfunction caused by excessive production of certain inflammatory markers during asphyxia (the severe lack of oxygen reaching the body\u2019s tissues and organs) frequently produces lifelong complications. This project aims to identify new approaches to enhance vascular protection to reduce complications from asphyxia.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cI am always pleased to see this kind of major investment in medical research at our medical school. I congratulate Drs. Fortwendel, Li, Sun and Parfenova for obtaining this research funding and wish them all the best as they pursue their goals.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-31T07:49:23Z", "2026-07-31T07:50:48Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-528000-national-science-foundation-grant", "Congressman Cohen Announces $528,000 National Science Foundation Grant to the University of Memphis", "2026-07-30", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Dr. Xiaolei Huang, a professor of computer science at the University of Memphis, will receive a grant of $528,137 from the National Science Foundation. His project, creating a smart sensing network for precision soybean breeding, is in collaboration with the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cI congratulate Professor Huang for being awarded this prestigious National Science Foundation funding. His research efforts will improve soybean yields and productivity, which will help feed the ever-growing population of our planet. It is especially encouraging that this work is being done in collaboration with the government of India which pioneered \u2018the green revolution\u2019 in the 1960s and averted future famines.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-31T07:49:23Z", "2026-07-31T07:50:48Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-national-science-foundation-grant-study", "Congressman Cohen Announces National Science Foundation Grant to Study Earthquake Foreshocks to the University of Memphis", "2026-07-27", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Dr. Thomas Goebel of the University of Memphis Center for Earthquake Research and Information will receive a grant of $272,211 from the National Science Foundation. His research project will attempt to answer the question: Why are earthquake foreshocks rare in nature?\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cMemphis is the largest big city near the New Madrid Fault which, when it slipped in 1811, rang church bells as far away as Boston. That\u2019s why we have such an outstanding earthquake center. Understanding earthquakes, and predicting them, could save thousands of lives. I congratulate Dr. Goebel on this prestigious grant award and wish him well in his ongoing work.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-29T07:41:48Z", "2026-07-29T07:42:57Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-nih-grants-st-jude-and-university-memphis", "Congressman Cohen Announces NIH Grants to St. Jude and the University of Memphis", "2026-07-24", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital will receive two grants from the National Cancer Institute and that the University of Memphis will receive one grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.\n\nOne of the St. Jude grants, for $622,500, is for research on transcriptional regulation in ZFTA-RELA ependymoma under the direction of Dr. Mark C. Mack in the Department of Developmental Neurobiology. The second St. Jude grant, for $289,893, is for research on a treatment for pediatric patients with relapsed refractory sarcomas under the direction of Dr. Rebecca Epperly, a faculty member in the Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy.\n\nThe University of Memphis grant, for $53,114, is for research into alcohol use by non-four-year college emerging adults, under the direction of clinical psychology doctoral student Jacob Tempchin.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cSt. Jude researchers are improving patient outcomes with the kinds of work these grants will underwrite. Understanding alcoholic behavior in young people is also likely to improve outcomes. I congratulate Drs. Mack and Epperly and Mr. Tempchin for the valuable work they\u2019re doing.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-25T07:13:44Z", "2026-07-25T07:15:09Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-says-congress-shouldnt-give-70-billion-more-failed", "Congressman Cohen Says Congress Shouldn\u2019t Give $70 Billion More for a Failed War in Iran While Trump Refuses to Pay Taxes on His Crypto Earnings", "2026-07-22", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) went to the House floor this morning to make a speech condemning the Donald Trump-Pete Hegseth war against Iran and its exorbitant expense.\n\nIn his remarks, he said in part:\n\n\u201cMr. Hegseth said we have spent $37 billion on an unnecessary \u2013 he didn\u2019t say \u2018unnecessary war\u2019 -- but it is an unnecessary and failed war in Iran: $37 billion and we\u2019ve lost 17 soldiers. He says he\u2019s going to ask for another $70 billion to fight this unnecessary and failing war. We resolved\u2026the fact that we can stop Iran from having a nuclear weapon when Barack Obama was president and negotiated a treaty. Right now, we don\u2019t know if they\u2019ve moved the enriched uranium outside the place where it was buried underneath a mountain or not. I suspect they might have.\n\n\u201cSo it\u2019s a failed war. I\u2019ll be willing to vote for a bill that has $70 billion in it when President Trump pays his share by paying his taxes on the $2.2 billion he earned last year mostly in crypto which cost people who bought crypto a billion dollars; that\u2019s what they lost. When Trump pays his share, I\u2019ll pay my share, and vote for it. But I won\u2019t vote for it otherwise. President Trump: Bring your chips to the table.\u201d\n\nSee the entire speech here.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-23T07:31:02Z", "2026-07-23T07:32:26Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-votes-no-national-defense-authorization-act-0", "Congressman Cohen Votes No on National Defense Authorization Act", "2026-07-22", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today voted against the massive, $1.15 trillion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which included the SAVE Act requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections, a major Trump priority.\n\nThe measure passed on a vote of 216 to 212.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cI could not in good conscience hand Pete Hegseth $1.15 billion with another supplemental spending bill for his unnecessary war in Iran pending. The Defense Department has never passed an audit. How could it with Hegseth spending millions on lobster tails, king crab and ribeye steaks? There are some important provisions in this legislation that I support, such as the pay raise for our troops and assistance for military families. I understand better than many, as a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the threat posed by Russia, China, North Korea and Iran, but we must spend American tax dollars responsibly and the Trump Defense Department has established it is incapable and unwilling to do that.\n\n\u201cThe inclusion of the SAVE Trump Act which the president thinks will help him retain a Republican majority in the House, and avoid oversight in his final two years in office, made my decision on this vote even easier.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-23T07:31:02Z", "2026-07-23T07:32:26Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-23-million-health-and-human-services-grants", "Congressman Cohen Announces $2.3 Million in Health and Human Services Grants to St. Jude", "2026-07-21", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced $2,316,842 in Department of Health and Human Services grants to St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital. One grant, for $784,842, will support graduate medical education. A second, for $1,077,000 from the National Cancer Institute is for integrating systems immunology with immunometabolism and cancer immunity under the direction of Dr. Hongbo Chi. A third grant, for $455,000 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, will study genome stability in glia and diseases under the director of Dr. Peter J. McKinnon.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cSt. Jude continues to undertake critical research in diverse fields. I congratulate Drs. Chi and McKinnon on receiving federal grants to aid in their ongoing, life-saving work. I\u2019m also pleased St. Jude is receiving support to help build the next generation of health care researchers.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-22T07:34:13Z", "2026-07-22T07:35:16Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-83-million-infrastructure-improvements", "Congressman Cohen Announces $8.3 Million in Infrastructure Improvements for Memphis VA Medical Center", "2026-07-21", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Lieutenant Colonel Luke J. Weathers Veterans Administration Medical Center in Memphis will receive $8,302,004 in infrastructure improvements in the third quarter of this fiscal year.\n\nThe funding includes upgrades of X-ray and MRI technologies, improvements to its food service capabilities and new roofs for Buildings 1, 1A, 5 and 7.\n\nCongressman Cohen, who introduced legislation to rename the medical center for the famed Tuskegee Airman in 2022, made the following statement:\n\n\u201cOur veterans deserve the best. These investments in preventive maintenance and high-tech diagnostic equipment will improve the treatment the facility can provide, and I look forward to seeing these improvements implemented later this year.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-22T07:34:13Z", "2026-07-22T07:35:16Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-nih-grant-st-jude-0", "Congressman Cohen Announces NIH Grant to St. Jude", "2026-07-21", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital will receive a grant of $515,504 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for research on yeast transcription under the direction Dr. Tanja Mittag of the Department of Structural Biology. Yeast cells are one of the model systems in the field of genetics. Better understanding the components in the pathway which facilitates DNA transcription to mRNA and then into protein is crucial for understanding our own biology. The congressman announced three grants to St. Jude, totaling $2.3 million, earlier today.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cI am pleased to see these substantial investments in our premiere children\u2019s research hospital. I congratulate Dr. Mittag and wish her well as she pursues this research.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-22T07:34:13Z", "2026-07-22T07:35:16Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-denounces-heartless-trump-miller-immigration-policies", "Congressman Cohen Denounces Heartless Trump-Miller Immigration Policies at Judiciary Committee Markup", "2026-07-21", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today denounced the immigration policies of the Trump administration including a proposal to deny legal representation to children facing deportation.\n\nHe said President Trump should resign.\n\nIn his remarks at the markup, he said in part:\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s hard to imagine we\u2019re sitting here and having discussions about giving children legal representation when they\u2019re subject to deportation. An (immigration) hearing is supposed to be confrontational, between two sides, adversarial, and a child without representation against an attorney is not a fair process. They do have a right to a hearing; we all understand that, but there needs to be fairness and the fact we\u2019re discussing this is hard to fathom\u2026\n\n\u201cThis is coming from Donald Trump. This is what he wants. He wants to deport as many people as possible. That\u2019s the message he gave to the Department of Homeland Security. Stephen Miller gave them head counts and they have to meet their head counts\u2026and they do it sometimes illegally. Sometimes they kill people. They make mistakes and they don\u2019t understand what they\u2019re doing. The President of the United States needs to resign. He\u2019s doing so many unimaginable things to this country, and to justice and to due process\u2026We don\u2019t have it here anymore\u2026\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s all about him\u2026a narcissistic grifter. That\u2019s who\u2019s guarding this country\u2026He doesn\u2019t want anyone to have counsel except himself\u2026Roy Cohn told him \u2018never admit you\u2019re wrong. Never back down\u2026\u2019 \u201d\n\nSee the entire five-minute speech here.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-22T07:34:13Z", "2026-07-22T07:35:16Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-raises-questions-intelligence-committee-hearing", "Congressman Cohen Raises Questions at Intelligence Committee Hearing on Emerging Threats", "2026-07-21", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today questioned expert witnesses at a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on \u201cEmerging Threats 25 Years after 9/11.\u201d\n\nCongressman Cohen asked about threats to free and fair elections in the United States, the use of emerging technology in infantry warfare in Ukraine and future conflicts, President Trump\u2019s lifting of export controls on China to allow it to buy advanced computer chips, and the importance of Taiwan in the manufacturing of advanced computer chips.\n\nSee his line of questioning here.\n\nWitnesses at today\u2019s hearing were:\n\nLieutenant General (retired) H.R. McMaster, former National Security Advisor, Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution at Stanford University;\n\nDr. Seth G. Jones, President, Defense and Security Department, Center for Strategic and International Studies;\n\nFrank Cilluffo, Director, McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure at Auburn University;\n\nDr. Benjamin Buchanan, Dmitri Alperovitch Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-22T07:34:13Z", "2026-07-22T07:35:16Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-fema-grants-shelby-county-and-memphis", "Congressman Cohen Announces FEMA Grants to Shelby County and Memphis Shelby County Schools", "2026-07-20", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is providing grants to Shelby County and to Memphis Shelby County Schools. Shelby County will receive $190,926 for its warning and alert system, which represents 75 percent of the cost. Memphis Shelby County Schools will receive $224,908 for security camera repairs and replacements, also repenting 75 percent of the total cost.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cTwo recent severe storms did serious damage to our safety infrastructure. I\u2019m pleased to see these federal investments being made to shore up our ability to alert the public and critical first responders when a disaster threatens our region.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-21T07:32:02Z", "2026-07-21T07:33:33Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-responds-trump-speech-obsessing-about-2020-election", "Congressman Cohen Responds to Trump Speech Obsessing about the 2020 Election", "2026-07-16", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) watched President Trump\u2019s prime time East Room speech to the nation tonight and made the following statement:\n\n\u201cDonald Trump is obsessed with the 2020 election that dozens and dozens of audits and court rulings established he lost. Sowing doubt about election results, I fear, is preparation for attempting to undo the loss Republicans will suffer in the midterms this November. We need to be vigilant in recognizing his lies and standing up for democracy.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-17T07:15:58Z", "2026-07-17T07:17:05Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-39-million-nih-grants-st-jude-and-uthsc", "Congressman Cohen Announces $3.9 Million in NIH Grants to St. Jude and UTHSC", "2026-07-14", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced five grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) which will provide a total of $3,956,287 to St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital and to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC).\n\nThe first St. Jude grant, for $665,425, is for research into deciphering the complexities of inflammasome activation following RSV infection under the direction of Dr. Steven M. Varga from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. RSV is one of the leading causes of severe respiratory disease in children, the elderly, and immunocompromised individuals, and there is no currently available vaccine for it. The inflammasomes are multiprotein complexes which are responsible for the activation of inflammatory responses. This project aims to enhance our understanding of how RSV generates inflammatory responses and will impact the evaluation and design of new therapeutic targets for RSV. A second grant, for $1,834,564, is for research into sickle cell disease under the direction of Dr. Shannon McKinney-Freeman from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Sickle cell disease is associated with the development of additional hematological diseases as the patient grows older, however the mechanisms underlying the acquisition of additional diseases isn\u2019t fully understood. This project aims to test a new potential drug therapy for sickle cell disease in cell and non-human disease models and discern whether the body\u2019s own stem cells can return to normal function, and restore function to the bone marrow.\n\nThe first of three UTHSC grants is for $687,753 to research the role of genetic factors on nicotine abuse under the direction of Dr. Burt M. Sharp from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The second, for $517,060, is for research into therapeutic targeting of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeler under the direction of Dr. Lawrence M. Pfeffer from the National Cancer Institute. Chromatin are the tightly wound packages of DNA in the cell\u2019s nucleus, and the SWI/NSF chromatin remodeler plays a major role in gene transcription in eukaryotic cells. In glioblastoma, the most common primary malignancy of the adult brain, a portion of the SWI/NSF chromatin remodeler enhances the ability for the tumor cells to repopulate and resist treatment with drugs such as temozolomide. This project will evaluate a potential new treatment which targets that portion of the SWI/NSF chromatin remodeler to restore sensitivity to other therapeutic compounds in non-human and cell models. A third grant, for $251,485, is for biomedical research training under the direction of Dr. Shannon J. Moore. This project aims to promote healthcare-associated job training and learning for fields such as clinical laboratory sciences, to high school students.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cThis important investment in medical research conducted in Memphis will reveal critical insights. I congratulate Drs. Varga, Sharp, Pfeffer, McKinney-Freeman and Moore for receiving this funding and thank them for the work they do.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-15T07:12:08Z", "2026-07-15T07:13:45Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-demands-answers-ice-agents-and-task-force-crackdowns", "Congressman Cohen Demands Answers on ICE Agents and Task Force Crackdowns", "2026-07-14", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Following two recent killings in Memphis by members of the Memphis Safe Task Force and recent killings in Houston and Biddeford, Maine, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today wrote to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin demanding answers about the policies, practices and standards employed by the accelerated federalized law enforcement in American cities.\n\nCongressman Cohen wrote several letters to Mullin\u2019s predecessor, Kristi Noem, which received no replies, and questioned her claim to be deporting \u201cthe worst of the worst\u201d at a Judiciary Committee oversight hearing in March.\n\nThe letter to Mullin reads in part:\n\n\u201cI write out of deep concern about the conduct of the Memphis Safe Task Force in my community. Just in the past four days, we have had two Memphians killed at the hands of Task Force members. I remain particularly concerned about the deployments of the National Guard and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) patrolling the streets. The rush to put Task Force members on the street \u2013 without the proper training in community policing- has had deadly consequences.\n\n\u201cThis is a matter of absolute urgency. Just today, I learned of another individual shot by an ICE agent in Maine. Last week, before this most recent incident, The New York Times reported that since 2025, ICE has been involved in 29 shooting incidents, with over 20 people shot and at least 8 killed.\n\n\u201cI wrote your predecessor on several occasions to express my concerns and inquire about the composition of and training for the Memphis Safe Crime Task Force \u2013 particularly ICE agents. I renew those questions and look forward to your answers.\n\nLaw enforcement is most credible when it reflects the communities it serves. Please provide a demographic breakdown (including race, gender, and previous law enforcement experience) of ICE active agents by year of first employment by the agency.\n\nHow many individuals have been shot by either Memphis Safe Crime Task Force members in Memphis or DHS agents throughout the United States since January 20, 2025? How many were killed in those shootings or later succumbed to injuries caused by an ICE shooting?\n\nHow many DHS agents have been disciplined for excessive force since January 21, 2025? Please provide a short narrative describing those incidents, the resolution, and any disciplinary action resulting from such incidents.\n\nDid any current ICE agents participate in the January 6, 2021, insurrection? Were any current ICE agents convicted of a crime (pardoned or otherwise) for the crimes committed on January 6, 2021?\n\nHas any current ICE agent ever been associated with the Proud Boys or the Oath Keepers?\n\nWe recently learned the federal government has begun to share evidence with state and local authorities in Minnesota regarding the killings of Ms. Good and Mr. Pretti. Do you commit to sharing all evidence collected regarding a DHS agent firing upon a civilian with the respective state and local authorities should they request it?\n\nPlease describe and provide training materials for ICE agents on responding to individuals in crisis, de-escalation, cultural competency, and other skills that are essential for effective community policing.\n\nPlease describe and provide training materials regarding interacting with armed individuals and the use of deadly force. Does ICE policy permit shooting at a moving vehicle?\n\nPlease provide the standards for hiring agents. Do ICE\u2019s recruiting practices align with the Model Policies and Resources designed by the International Association of Chiefs of Police?\n\nIs an independent review conducted after every use of deadly force by an ICE agent? Please describe the review process.\n\nIs this the process that was used after the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis?\n\nWere the Good and Pretti reviews completed? If so, please provide the findings. If not, what is causing the delay, and when will the full review be complete?\n\nI look forward to your prompt response.\u201d\n\nSee the letter here.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-15T07:12:08Z", "2026-07-15T07:13:45Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-says-trump-stealing-american-public", "Congressman Cohen Says Trump is Stealing from the American Public", "2026-07-14", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today spoke from the House floor, focusing on aspects of the corrupt Trump presidency that he likened to theft from the American people. \u201cWe have a man who is out of control as our president, and it scares me tremendously,\u201d he said.\n\nIn his remarks, he said in part:\n\n\u201cMy friend, Mr. (Joe) Wilson (of South Carolina) made some remarks about how everybody benefitted from the Big Beautiful Bill. What he didn\u2019t tell you was President Trump made a deal with himself when he sued the IRS for a billion dollars for releasing his tax returns along with (those of) thousands and thousands and thousands of other Americans. He settled the case with himself and the man he wants to make Attorney General with a clause, an agreement, that the IRS would not prosecute, or even look at, his tax returns, his family\u2019s tax returns or any businesses they\u2019re involved with. That means the $2.2 billion they made this year off of crypto and other questionable companies will be tax free. That means he\u2019s stealing from you and me \u2013 the American public\u2026Our country\u2019s in trouble. We have a man who is out of control as our president, and it scares me tremendously and it should scare you as well.\u201d\n\nSee his entire remarks here.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-15T07:12:08Z", "2026-07-15T07:13:45Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohens-statement-memphis-safe-task-force-shootings", "Congressman Cohen\u2019s Statement on Memphis Safe Task Force Shootings", "2026-07-13", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) has been closely following events involving two recent fatal shootings by members of the Memphis Safe Task Force, and made the following statement:\n\n\u201cAs I have said before, ICE and the National Guard are not needed in Memphis and should go home. These deadly encounters are the result of stepped-up law enforcement. I continue to be concerned, as I told former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at an oversight hearing, that we don\u2019t know where ICE agents are being recruited from, who they are, or what kind of training they receive in firearms or policing. They showed us in Minneapolis, in the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, that they don\u2019t use deadly force as a last resort and, in both cases, the public has not been given the kind of information that would result in accountability for the officers involved.\n\n\u201cThese killings are tragic, and we must do better. In Tennessee, individuals don\u2019t need a permit to carry a firearm. That makes guns more common and law enforcement more difficult. All of this leads to a dangerous situation ripe for the use of deadly force.\n\n\u201cOne thing is clearly needed: an independent review of these incidents. A thorough, credible investigation is needed to understand exactly what happened, why, and to ensure accountability. We need to make it necessary to assure the public that proper procedures were in place and followed, and reduce the likelihood of these horrible incidents. My Deadly Force Independent Review Act, introduced in February, would require law federal enforcement agencies establish procedures to immediately, independently and impartially review every use of deadly force and conform to a uniform standard set by organizations evaluating best practices. We owe that comprehensive review to the victims and the officers. I will continue to monitor the response to the most recent incidents.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-14T07:08:55Z", "2026-07-14T07:10:52Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-fema-funding-125791-tipton-county-road-and", "Congressman Cohen Announces FEMA Funding of $125,791 to Tipton County for Road and Embankment Repairs", "2026-07-09", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced Tipton County will receive funding of $125,791 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to repair roads and embankments damaged in the straight-line winds and tornadoes of April 2025. The figure represents 75 percent of the total of costs incurred.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cTipton County received serious damage in the April 2025 storms that lashed our region. I am pleased to see Tipton County reimbursed for much of the expense it incurred getting roads back in good shape.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-10T08:20:04Z", "2026-07-10T08:21:18Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-18-million-fema-reimbursement-mlgw-damage", "Congressman Cohen Announces $1.8 Million FEMA Reimbursement to MLGW for Damage from April 2025 Storms", "2026-07-01", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) announced that the Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division (MLGW) will be reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for 75 percent of its cost to repair the power grid infrastructure damaged in storms and flooding in April of last year. That amounts to $1,850,109 for removal and replacement of utility poles, transformers, wire and other materials and the labor required to restore power.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cThe storms and tornadoes that ripped through our region in April of 2025 did serious damage to our power grid. I am pleased to see FEMA\u2019s reimbursement for most of the costs MLGW had to incur to restore power.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-02T06:20:02Z", "2026-07-02T06:21:32Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/july-1-2026-congressman-cohen-announces-22-million-nih-grants-st-jude", "July 1, 2026 Congressman Cohen Announces $2.2 Million in NIH Grants to St. Jude and UTHSC", "2026-07-01", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced two National Institutes of Health grants to St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital and one to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC).\n\nSt. Jude received a grant of $1,077,000 from the National Cancer Institute for research on innate immune sensors inflammasomes and inflammasome-mediated processes in cancer under the direction of Dr. Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti in the Department of Immunology. Inflammasomes are proteins in the immune system that regulate the activation of important signaling molecules and proteins and induce inflammation in response to infectious microbes and molecules. A second St. Jude grant, for $388,500, from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, is for research on lipid metabolism under the direction of Dr. Joseph T. Opferman in the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology.\n\nUTHSC received a grant of $777,079 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research on fungal-bacterial dynamics under direction of Dr. Brian M. Peters in the College of Pharmacy. This work aims to help develop improved therapeutic interventions to reduce the mortality from fungal-bacterial co-infection.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cImportant medical research is being done in Memphis by these internationally revered pillars of academic medicine in our community. I congratulate Drs. Kanneganti, Opferman, and Peters for receiving these federal investments in the work they undertake.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-02T06:20:02Z", "2026-07-02T06:21:32Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-agrees-supreme-court-majority-birthright-citizenship", "Congressman Cohen Agrees with Supreme Court Majority in Birthright Citizenship Case", "2026-06-30", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 The U.S. Supreme today affirmed the long-held principle that children born in the United States are citizens. It also ruled in a major campaign finance case and barred transgender athletes from girls\u2019 sports.\n\nCongressman Cohen, a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, made the following statement:\n\n\u201cThe words of the Fourteenth Amendment are as clear and plain and uncomplicated as they could be. The only surprise in today\u2019s ruling is that it was not unanimous. But of course Thomas and Alito, hypocritically claiming a literal interpretation of the Constitution, need to accomplish Donald Trump\u2019s goal of making America more Anglo-Saxon Protestant. I had hoped for Kavanaugh but apparently he must have had too many beers.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-01T06:34:07Z", "2026-07-01T06:35:35Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-25000-revolving-loan-funding-fair-break", "Congressman Cohen Announces $25,000 Revolving Loan Funding to Fair Break Federal Credit Union", "2026-06-30", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Memphis-based Fair Break Federal Credit Union will receive a $25,000 Community Development Revolving Loan Fund technical assistance grant from the National Credit Union Administration.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cThis technical assistance grant from the National Credit Union Administration will help strengthen the credit union's capacity to serve its members and support economic opportunity in the communities that need it most. I congratulate Fair Break on receiving this well-deserved award.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-01T06:34:07Z", "2026-07-01T06:35:35Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-two-national-science-foundation-grants-0", "Congressman Cohen Announces Two National Science Foundation Grants to the University of Memphis", "2026-06-30", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive two National Science Foundation grants totaling nearly $950,000.\n\nThe first grant, for $467,837, under the direction of Drs. Yufeng Zhang and Chidambaram Ramanathan, will support study of the biochemistry and other features of the red coloration in northern cardinal birds (Cardinalis cardinalis). This project aims to uncover how the red coloration is inherently linked to the core processes required for cellular health. Understanding how biological signals, such as red coloration, convey information has broad implications for furthering our understanding of evolutionary biology, agriculture, and conservation. The project also contains an outreach component designed to engage K-12 students and families in hands-on demonstrations illustrating how scientists test their hypotheses.\n\nThe second, for $478,511, under the direction of Drs. Chrysanthe Preza and Stephanie Ivey, will underwrite studying artificial intelligence in multidisciplinary engineering research supporting the development of a strong engineering workforce. Both projects support the National Science Foundation\u2019s statutory mission.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cThese projects delve into important areas of scientific research and will increase our knowledge. I commend Drs. Zhang, Ramanathan, Preza and Ivey for receiving these prestigious National Science Foundation grants and wish them well in reaching their research goals.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-07-01T06:34:07Z", "2026-07-01T06:35:35Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-28-million-nih-grants-st-jude-0", "Congressman Cohen Announces $2.8 Million in NIH Grants to St. Jude", "2026-06-26", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced five National Institutes of Health grants totaling $2,882,421 to St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital. The congressman announced three grants from the National Cancer Institute to St. Jude, totaling $1,172,297, on Monday and six grants from three other National Institutes, totaling $2,843,327 on Wednesday.\n\nSt. Jude has received $6,898,045 in NIH grants this week.\n\nThe grants announced today include two from the National Cancer Institute, one from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, one from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and one from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cThis has been an excellent week for St. Jude scientists. This substantial funding from the National Institutes of Health will support the work of researchers and their lab assistants improving not just the important work they are doing but also the regional economy strengthened by St. Jude being in our community.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-27T21:44:12Z", "2026-06-27T22:11:26Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-28-million-nih-grants-st-jude", "Congressman Cohen Announces $2.8 Million in NIH Grants to St. Jude", "2026-06-24", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced six National Institutes of Health grants totaling $2,843,327 to St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital. The congressman announced three grants from the National Cancer Institute to St. Jude, totaling $1,172,297, on Monday.\n\nThe grants announced today include four from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke totaling $1,539,335; one from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for $612,567; and one from the National Cancer Institute for $691,425.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cThese federal investments in our premiere children\u2019s research hospital \u2013 totaling more than $4 million just this week \u2013 are a testament to the quality, life-saving work it is known for around the world. I congratulate the medical professionals at St. Jude whose work is supported by the National Institutes of Health, and wish them well as they pursue their research goals.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-27T21:44:12Z", "2026-06-27T22:11:26Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-introduces-latonya-reeves-freedom-act-0", "Congressman Cohen Introduces the Latonya Reeves Freedom Act", "2026-06-23", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today reintroduced the Latonya Reeves Freedom Act, assuring that the Supreme Court\u2019s Olmstead ruling, giving the disabled the qualified right to receive the services they need in a setting of their choice, is honored. The measure was introduced with 48 bipartisan House cosponsors.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cLatonya Reeves had to leave Memphis to escape life in a nursing home. No one should have to choose between being institutionalized or moving thousands of miles away to have access to the services and supports needed to lead an independent life in one\u2019s own home. This sensible legislation will codify in law that people have a right to receive services in the setting of their choice and protect the freedom of millions of Americans with disabilities to live and work independently in their own homes and communities.\u201d\n\nThe Latonya Reeves Freedom Act would codify judicial precedent and strengthen the right of Americans with disabilities to receive Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) in settings of their choice, including prohibiting government entities and insurance providers from denying home- and community-based services to individuals with disabilities that require LTSS. The legislation is named in honor of the late Latonya Reeves, a woman who was forced to flee a Tennessee nursing home and move to Colorado so she could have access to the care she needed to live independently.\n\nSenator Michael Bennet of Colorado introduced the companion bill in the Senate.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-27T21:44:12Z", "2026-06-27T22:11:26Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-11-million-nih-grants-st-jude", "Congressman Cohen Announces $1.1 Million in NIH Grants to St. Jude", "2026-06-22", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital will receive three grants from the National Cancer Institute totaling $1,172,297.\n\nThe first, for $475,681, is for research exploring CLK2 as a novel therapeutic target in rhabdomyosarcoma under the direction of Dr. Jun Yang. Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common soft tissue sarcoma (cancers that originate in the bones and soft tissues) in children and young adults. CLK2 is an enzyme that plays a key role in the regulation of mRNA production, and this enzyme is one of the most highly expressed in rhabdomyosarcoma relative to healthy tissue. The goal of this project is to develop novel therapeutics targeting the CLK2 protein as a therapeutic target in rhabdomyosarcoma. The second, for $647,502, is for research into transcriptional overload unlocking a new anti-cancer paradigm by targeting DDX19A under the direction of Dr. Lillian Guenther. The DDX19A gene encodes an enzyme which binds mRNA, and assists its export from the nucleus, and plays a critical role in ensuring the quality of mRNA, which is important for proper protein production. In cancer, it has been implicated in cell metastasis, particularly in ovarian and cervical carcinomas. Dr. Guenther\u2019s group is not only working to better understand the function of this enzyme, but also working to develop new drugs to disrupt its activity in cancerous cells. The third, for $49,114, is a national research service award for work determining how cell state evades standard of care chemotherapy and drives tumor recurrence under the direction of PhD student Samantha Turk.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cThe funding announced today will go a long way in improving our understanding and treatment of cancer. I congratulate Drs. Yang and Guenther and PhD Ms. Turk for their dedication to the science of saving lives.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-27T21:44:12Z", "2026-06-27T22:11:26Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-commemorates-juneteenth", "Congressman Cohen Commemorates Juneteenth", "2026-06-18", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), who introduced and passed the first Congressional apology for slavery and Jim Crow discrimination in 2008, released the following statement commemorating Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans in Texas learned of their emancipation. Congressman Cohen voted to make Juneteenth a national holiday in 2021.\n\n\u201cI celebrated Juneteenth long before it became a federal holiday because it is such a major milestone in our national history. In 2019, as the chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, I held a symbolic hearing on Juneteenth that year on a bill to create a reparations commission. I was proud to cosponsor the measure making Juneteenth a federal holiday because it sends an important message about facing the sometimes-difficult truths of our history and finding a way to celebrate our journey as a country toward progress and freedom. I hope all find the holiday inspiring.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-27T21:44:12Z", "2026-06-27T22:11:26Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-says-supreme-courts-timing-release-ruling-callais", "Congressman Cohen Says Supreme Court\u2019s Timing of the Release of the Ruling in the Callais Voting Rights Case was Partisan", "2026-06-18", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today noted that the U.S. Supreme Court by tradition waits until late June of its term to release opinions in major cases. The three cases decided today are an indication that tradition still stands. The court\u2019s April 29 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, a major voting rights case, was an exception, and followed a successful referendum in Virginia that increased the number of Democratic-leaning districts in Congress. Congressman Cohen has introduced Articles of Impeachment against Chief Justice John Roberts addressing that issue among others.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cJustice Roberts could have held to Supreme Court precedent and waited until this month to release the majority opinion in Louisiana v. Callais, a major voting rights case, but elected to release it in April so state legislatures \u2013 including the one in Tennessee \u2013 could dilute Black voter representation and improve the prospect that Republicans can retain control of the House in November. That\u2019s what happened to my District in Memphis and it affects all majority-African-American districts. They are political, political, political, Republican, Republican, Republican, or just dumb as nails to not know what they were doing with Callais. You can\u2019t forgive them for they knew what they were doing. This court has just spoiled itself: Ethics violations galore and political interference unmatched -- shame, shame shame, John Roberts and company. His partisan timing with Callais makes the court another wing of the Trump White House, not an independent branch of government, and should be roundly condemned. Justice Roberts\u2019 conduct is impeachable and I urge my colleagues to bring my Articles of Impeachment to the floor.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-27T21:44:12Z", "2026-06-27T22:11:26Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-urges-governor-lee-reverse-decision-have-sick", "Congressman Cohen Urges Governor Lee to Reverse Decision to Have Sick Children Deported", "2026-06-17", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today wrote to Governor Bill Lee urging him to reverse a directive for the Tennessee Department of Health to report immigrant parents and their children who are on the Department\u2019s Children\u2019s Special Services (CSS) Program beyond June 30 to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for deportation.\n\nThe letter reads in part:\n\n\u201cAs you\u2019re aware, the CSS was established in the 1930s and provides comprehensive medical care for children from birth to 21 years old with physical disabilities, such as Cerebral Palsy, Cystic Fibrosis, Sickle Cell Anemia, and are in wheelchairs on oxygen support. In other words, these children are some of the sickest and most vulnerable in society.\n\n\u201cMy understanding is that you have directed the Tennessee Department of Health to report these children and their parents to ICE to comply with Tennessee Public Chapter 1106 which was enacted in late May\u2026\n\n\u201cI urge you to reverse your directive to the Tennessee Department of Health. As you wind down your term as Governor, consider your Christian background as you implement policies that will define your legacy.\u201d\n\nThe letter then quotes from Leviticus (19:33-34) \u201cWhen a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born\u2026\u201d and from Matthew (25:40), \u201cInasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of my brethren, ye have done unto me.\u201d\n\nSee the entire letter here.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-27T21:44:12Z", "2026-06-27T22:11:26Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-18-million-nih-grants-uthsc", "Congressman Cohen Announces $1.8 Million in NIH Grants to UTHSC", "2026-06-16", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Heath Science Center (UTHSC) will receive two grants totaling $1,854,709 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).\n\nThe first, for $1,344,117, from the Office of the Director of the NIH, is for solution-oriented research identifying early-life modifiable risk factors for obesity and mental health problems in children under the director of Dr. Qi Zhao, a professor of Preventive Medicine.\n\nThe second, for $510,592, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is for research into radiation-induced Paneth Cell dysfunction under the direction of Dr. Radhakrishna Rao, a professor in the Department of Physiology. Paneth Cells are a specialized cell type in the lining of the small intestines which are an important source of antimicrobial peptides. Certain types of radiation reduces the peptide production by these cells and alters microbiome composition. There are no FDA-approved therapeutics for radiation injury, and this work is essential to uncover the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in radiation-induced immunity dysfunction to help develop new therapeutics.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cThese federal investments in children\u2019s mental health and in better understanding intestinal problems will improve the quality of life for patients and improve therapies. I commend Drs. Zhao and Rao and the University for their commitments to medical science.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-27T21:44:12Z", "2026-06-27T22:11:26Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-scores-100-percent-ibew", "Congressman Cohen Scores 100 Percent with the IBEW", "2026-06-16", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) was notified Tuesday that he has received a 100 percent on the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Legislative Scorecard. The 901,831-member union cited Congressman Cohen\u2019s recent vote on the Faster Labor Contracts Act which was passed through the discharge petition process on June 9 when Republican leaders refused to bring it to the floor for a vote.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cI have always supported labor unions and the right to fair and timely collective bargaining. I\u2019m proud to receive the IBEW\u2019s endorsement of my work for its causes, including improving workers\u2019 protections and benefits and strengthening the middle class through investments in emerging energy technologies and broadband access, and I thank them for the recognition.\u201d\n\nThe scorecard assessed Congressman Cohen\u2019s votes on 10 major labor-supported bills in the House dating back to the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-27T21:44:12Z", "2026-06-27T22:11:26Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-applauds-tdot-decision-accelerate-repairs-elvis", "Congressman Cohen Applauds TDOT Decision to Accelerate Repairs to Elvis Presley Boulevard", "2026-06-12", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today applauded the decision of the Tennessee Department of Transportation, announced Thursday, to expedite repairs to Elvis Presley Boulevard. He also thanked Daily Memphian columnist Geoff Calkins and state Senator Raumesh Akbari for calling attention to the long-delayed project in a story published Friday.\n\nCongressman Cohen wrote to Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Will Reid on April 1 urging him to prioritize the long-overdue completion of repairs to the thoroughfare. \u201cThe roadway should reflect the importance of the community it serves, not undermine it,\u201d he wrote.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cI greatly appreciate the work of Senator Akbari and Whitehaven community groups on pushing for Elvis Presley Boulevard repairs. After I met with the Whitehaven Garden & Social Club about their frustration over this issue, I sent the attached letter to TDOT. Later that month, my staff got an update from TDOT that they planned to add a portion of Elvis Presley Boulevard repairs to their 10-year plan. I believe my letter lit a fire under TDOT to get moving on this. I am pleased to see this important project receive increased attention.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-27T21:44:12Z", "2026-06-27T22:11:26Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-18-million-nih-grants-st-jude", "Congressman Cohen Announces $1.8 Million in NIH Grants to St. Jude", "2026-06-10", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital will receive three grants totaling $1,820,304 from three National Institutes of Health (NIH).\n\nThe first, for $737,231, is for research into race-specific cardiomyopathy risk prediction under the direction of Dr. Yadav Sapkota, from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. African Americans have a 2.5-fold higher prevalence of cardiomyopathy (a progressive type of heart disease) than Non-Hispanic Whites after successful treatment of childhood cancers with chest-directed radiation or anthracycline chemotherapies. The aim of this project is to better identify the genetic risk factors underlying the increased propensity to develop cardiomyopathies.\n\nThe second, for $628,073, is for mechanistic dissection and targeting of non-cell autonomous tumor promotion under the direction of Dr. Mark Edward Hatley from the National Cancer Institute. The goals of this project are to understand the molecular mechanisms which increase the likelihood for developing cancers in patients with DICER1 syndrome. DICER1 syndrome is a genetic disorder that makes a person more likely to develop certain types of benign and malignant tumors. This work aims to better identify molecular targets for treatment of this syndrome, and reducing the development of cancer.\n\nThe third, for $455,000, is for research into antibiotic tolerance in Streptococcus pneumoniae and how antibiotics help the bacteria break itself down (autolysis) under the direction of Dr. Elaine I. Tuomanen from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Her group aims to better understand how the LytA enzyme drives autolysis, especially in response to antibiotics. In response to antibiotics, bacteria develop resistance mechanisms. This work will better help uncover how bacteria develop resistance to the critical threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cI am always pleased to see these federal investments go towards important research at our premiere children\u2019s research hospital and I\u2019m impressed with the scope of research underwritten by these grants. I commend Drs. Sapkota, Hatley and Tuomanen, and St. Jude, for their dedication to this life-saving work.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-24T06:25:30Z", "2026-06-24T06:26:49Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-behavioral-health-workforce-education-and", "Congressman Cohen Announces Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program Grant to the University of Memphis", "2026-06-10", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a grant of $599,826 for its Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program under the direction of Dr. Susan Neely-Barnes. The funding is from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cFederal investments in workforce development lead to greater productivity and higher job satisfaction. I congratulate the University for seeking and securing this grant funding.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-25T06:30:03Z", "2026-06-25T06:31:21Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-leads-letter-urging-epa-abandon-proposals-weaken-coal", "Congressman Cohen Leads Letter Urging EPA to Abandon Proposals to Weaken Coal Ash Pollution Protective Measures", "2026-06-10", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today led a letter with Congresswomen Valerie Foushee (NC-4) and Debbie Dingell (MI-6) to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin urging him to withdraw a proposal to weaken federal safeguards regulating coal ash pollution. The letter has 30 additional Congressional co-signers.\n\n\u201cI have been appalled at this Administration tearing down environmental protections,\u201d said Congressman Cohen. \u201cThis proposed coal ash rule puts communities near any of the 450 coal ash sites across the country at risk \u2013 including Boxtown in Tennessee\u2019s Ninth Congressional District and Kingston, Tennessee, which in 2008 experienced the largest coal ash spill and one of the largest environmental disasters in our country\u2019s history. We need the existing rules in place to ensure that groundwater remains safe and the soil in yards and playgrounds has not been contaminated with toxic chemicals from coal ash.\u201d\n\nThe letter reads in part:\n\n\u201cWe write regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (\u201cEPA\u201d) recent regulatory proposal to significantly weaken federal safeguards governing coal combustion residuals (CCR), commonly known as coal ash. We are deeply concerned about the real-world consequences this proposal would have for communities across the country \u2013 many of which have already been harmed by coal ash pollution, and urge the Agency to reconsider this approach and prioritize public health over short-term industry interests.\n\n\u201cThe current proposal would dismantle key elements of the nation\u2019s only enforceable federal framework for managing coal ash. These protections were put in place to address well-documented risks to drinking water, land, and air. Weakening them now risks exposing communities\u2014particularly working class communities and others already facing disproportionate environmental burdens\u2014to a wide range of dangerous contaminants such as arsenic, cobalt, lead, lithium, mercury, and thallium. Exposure to these metals is widely known to substantially impair cognitive function and are toxic to a wide array of physiological processes.\n\n\u201cCoal ash remains one of the largest sources of industrial waste in the United States, and its legacy of contamination is well established. Based on industry\u2019s own data, we know that over 90 percent of all coal ash sites are leaking contaminants into groundwater and there is widespread industry non-compliance. Existing CCR standards created baseline requirements for monitoring, closure, and cleanup of unsafe and leaking disposal sites after years of inadequate oversight. Rolling back those standards would not only undo that progress, but also erode public confidence in the federal government\u2019s ability to prioritize and enforce basic environmental protections.\n\n\u201cWe are especially troubled that the proposal would allow facilities to sidestep cleanup responsibilities and delay action at sites with known contamination. Changes to requirements for unlined and leaking impoundments, combined with reduced federal oversight, would place increased risk on nearby communities and shift responsibility to state agencies that may not have sufficient resources or authority to respond effectively.\n\n\u201cBeyond these concerns, the proposal raises serious legal issues. It is inconsistent with the EPA\u2019s obligations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to ensure the safe management of solid waste, safeguard groundwater for future generations, and protect human health and the environment. Moving away from long-standing safeguards not only puts communities at risk, but also creates legal uncertainty that could delay meaningful protections even further.\n\n\u201cWe urge the Agency to withdraw this proposal and instead focus on nationwide enforcement of the existing coal ash standards. EPA should prioritize taking necessary enforcement action, as the federal government\u2014and the EPA in particular\u2014has a responsibility to enforce the existing protections to ensure clean water and a safe environment for all. As you know, EPA was established by President Nixon to protect human health and the environment. We hope you will act in full consideration of that mission in mind.\n\n\u201cWe appreciate your attention to this matter and look forward to continued engagement to ensure coal ash is managed safely and responsibly.\u201d\n\nSee the letter here.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-27T06:16:17Z", "2026-06-27T06:17:30Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-condemns-rationale-attack-southern-poverty-law-center", "Congressman Cohen Condemns Rationale for Attack on the Southern Poverty Law Center", "2026-06-09", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today spoke at the third Republican-led hearing attacking the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and focused on the clearly false allegations that it is animated by antisemitism.\n\nAddressing hearing witness Bryan Fair, SPLC\u2019s President and CEO, directly, Congressman Cohen said in part:\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t understand the questioning some have suggesting the Southern Poverty Law Center is not concerned about antisemitism and Jewish hate. As a person who has been exposed to Jewish hate and antisemitism since my birth, I guess \u2013 there\u2019s a ton of it on X, Mr. (Elon) Musk\u2019s hate-filled organization\u2026that\u2019s increased lately \u2013 why would they be asking such questions? You go after antisemitism, do you not?\u201d\n\nFair responded: \u201cAntisemitism is hateful and groups that traffic in it, whatever their political ideology, will be identified.\u201d\n\nCongressman Cohen continued: \u201cAs a Jewish person, I welcome all faiths to come to our aid and support and many have \u2013 many, many have. But usually when there\u2019s antisemitism, the Anti-Defamation League is on it. Jewish groups are not afraid to stand up and speak out against antisemitism. And none of them have contacted you (to complain)\u2026\n\n\u201cWhat\u2019s going on in our country is really scary\u2026We\u2019re looking at a president (who has) pardoned people who committed treason against our country, violence against police, desecrated our Capitol. They were convicted or pled guilty and he pardoned them, and now he wants to give them money.\n\n\u201cHe may not want to leave come January 2029. He\u2019s got his army prepared. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if a lot of people in ICE aren\u2019t J-6ers. That\u2019s why they wear their masks\u2026\u201d\n\nAgain, addressing Fair, he said, \u201cI value your work.\u201d\n\nAt the end of his remarks, Congressman Cohen noted that when one of his best friends, Irvin Salky, died \u2013 the member of the first integrated law firm in the South -- he asked people to make memorial donations to the SPLC in his honor.\n\n\u201cI thank you for your work.\u201d\n\nSee his entire remarks at the hearing here.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-23T06:27:52Z", "2026-06-23T06:29:20Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-drops-redistricting-lawsuit-supports-ongoing-legal", "Congressman Cohen Drops Redistricting Lawsuit, Supports Ongoing Legal Challenges", "2026-06-09", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 In response to press inquiries, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) offered the following statement regarding his decision not to continue pursuing a lawsuit against the Republican state legislature\u2019s redistricting maps:\n\n\u201cI have decided not to continue pursuing a lawsuit against the gerrymandered Republican redistricting maps but vigorously support the efforts of the ACLU and the NAACP to contest them, which are based on different arguments and have different requests for relief. I firmly believe this was an illegal redistricting effort that was harmful to Memphis and the Black community by diluting their political representation. It is my hope that they will prevail and that the previous district maps will be restored.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-19T06:50:32Z", "2026-06-19T06:53:40Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-introduces-controlled-substances-act-clarification", "Congressman Cohen Introduces the Controlled Substances Act Clarification in Sciences Act", "2026-06-08", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today introduced the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) Clarification in Sciences Act to provide an accurate and up-to-date scientific basis for the evaluation of substances reviewed for scheduling under the 1970 CSA statute.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cAccuracy in federal drug policy will ensure both fairness and safety. Much has changed since 1970 when the Controlled Substances Act was enacted. My bill will clarify and update the CSA so that the evaluation of controlled substances is made on the best scientific evidence of today, not decades-old processes and outdated knowledge. I worked diligently with the nation\u2019s leading scientific professional societies to ensure the bill\u2019s approach reflects the gold standards in biomedical research and contemporary healthcare. Therapeutic progress depends directly on the ability of physicians and researchers to study substances of interest. The current law\u2019s imprecise approach to Scheduling substances has created a system that is arbitrary and largely ignores the modern practice of medicine and public health, and has substantially hindered scientific progress.\u201d\n\nCongressman Cohen\u2019s measure would amend the Controlled Substances Act to more closely align the act with modern medical knowledge, terminology and practices. This would be done by defining critical terms such as \u2018accepted medical use,\u2019 \u2018physical dependence,\u2019 and \u2018potential for abuse,\u2019 among others. Appropriately scheduling substances is critical to ensuring that researchers can access these substances for biomedical research, and patients, in accordance with the guidance of licensed health care providers, can access effective treatments.\n\nRather than directly regulating any given substance, this bill takes a comprehensive and procedural approach: it improves the scheduling process by tying it to the very best science, weighing costs and benefits based on actual and relative harms, and acknowledging the importance of research, experimental therapies, and the evolution of the practice of medicine.\n\nThe bill has been endorsed by the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP), the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology (ASCP), the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET), and the Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP).\n\nAmerican College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) President Dr. Deanna Barch, Ph.D., made the following statement:\n\n\u201cThis legislation takes a long-needed step to enhance clarity and strengthen the scientific basis on which substances are reviewed for scheduling. By adding and updating critical definitions that the statute has lacked, it gives the administering agencies a sounder evidentiary foundation for their evaluations. The scheduling framework these terms support has stood since the Controlled Substances Act was enacted in 1970, and bringing its core definitions into line with current science is an important and welcome advance.\u201d\n\nDr. Randy Hall, Ph.D., President of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, made the following statement:\n\n\u201cThe Controlled Substances Act Clarification in Sciences Act of 2026 introduces key definitions that clarify gaps in the original Controlled Substances Act (CSA), aligning these definitions with current scientific knowledge and representing progress toward a more robust framework for reviewing substances for scheduling. It also addresses a barrier the research community has faced in studying controlled substances. In many cases, the constraints of scheduling status prevent scientists from understanding whether a substance may, in fact, have medical utility. These updates will facilitate the investigation of the use of many substances in a variety of therapeutic areas.\u201d\n\nDr. Dost \u00d6ng\u00fcr, MD, Ph.D., President of the Society of Biological Psychiatry stated:\n\n\u201cThis bill is a service to science and to patients. For too long, the law has trapped promising treatments in a circular standard that blocks the very research needed to prove their value. By insisting that drug scheduling rest on evidence, this legislation reopens the door to discovery for the millions of Americans living with depression, PTSD, and other serious psychiatric conditions.\"\n\nSee a one-pager on the measure here.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-19T06:50:32Z", "2026-06-19T06:53:40Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-stands-ukraine", "Congressman Cohen Stands with Ukraine", "2026-06-04", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) spoke from the House floor tonight urging his colleagues to support a resolution, the Support Ukraine Act, supporting aide to Ukraine in its fight against Russia.\n\nIn those remarks, he said in part:\n\n\u201cThis is a fight for supporting a country that is standing up to aggression, from Russia\u2026people who kill innocent children, women and civilians on a regular basis with missile attacks and drone attacks. We need to stand with democracy and with freedom and courage and against authoritarianism, and against Putin. I support this resolution. I\u2019m proud to do it and I thank the Ukrainian people for their sacrifice and their valor.\u201d\n\nSee his remarks here: https://youtu.be/2jWptDMbWew\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-18T06:41:00Z", "2026-06-18T06:43:25Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-calls-impeachment-chief-justice-roberts", "Congressman Cohen Calls for the Impeachment of Chief Justice Roberts", "2026-06-03", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, again today called for the impeachment of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts at a committee markup of a Constitutional Amendment on composition of the high court. Congressman Cohen introduced six Articles of Impeachment against Roberts on May 21.\n\nIn his remarks, Congressman Cohen said in part:\n\n\u201cThe Justices on the Roberts Court \u2013 at least six of them \u2013 have it all wrong. They are supposed to have integrity, impartiality, fealty to the Constitution, and be unencumbered by the politics of the day. But today we have a Court that refuses a binding code of ethics\u2026They don\u2019t have ethics\u2026They operate as a political arm. It undercuts our core and explicit constitutional principles, like that no one is above the law, and meddles in politics in pursuit of partisan interests. For years, I defended this Court, particularly Chief Justice Roberts. I thought that, despite the outrageous conduct of Justices like Alito and Thomas\u2026, the Chief Justice really wanted to preserve the Court as an institution. I thought he would be the one to stand up for the Court. The past several years have shown he is incapable of doing that or didn\u2019t want to\u2026\u201d\n\nCongressman Cohen said that Justice Roberts violated his oaths and, because of that, he was compelled to introduce Articles of impeachment.\n\n\u201cAnd I ask each member of this committee to join because Chief Justice Roberts unfortunately deserves to be impeached, and convicted and removed from the Court because he has not done his duty and has violated his oaths.\u201d\n\nSee Congressman Cohen\u2019s complete remarks here.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-17T06:49:24Z", "2026-06-17T06:50:53Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-applauds-committee-inclusion-his-horse-transportation", "Congressman Cohen Applauds Committee Inclusion of His Horse Transportation Safety Act", "2026-06-02", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today applauded the inclusion of his Horse Transportation Safety Act in the markup of the five-year surface transportation bill. The measure was included as an amendment and prohibits transport of equines in double-deck trailers. The same amendment also prohibits transportation of equines for slaughter and human consumption.\n\nCongressman Cohen has long championed the humane treatment of horses and was named the Humane Society of the United States\u2019 Humane Horseman of the Year in 2022.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cHorses deserve to be transported in as humane a manner as possible. Double-deck trailers do not provide adequate headroom for adult horses, and accidents involving double-deck trailers are a terrifying reminder that the practice is also dangerous to the driving public. Transporting horses can be precarious even in the best of circumstances, and we should not compound the risks with unsafe double-deck trailers.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-13T06:32:19Z", "2026-06-13T06:34:27Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-speaks-and-votes-benton-mackaye-national-scenic-trail", "Congressman Cohen Speaks and Votes for Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act", "2026-06-02", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today spoke from the House floor in favor of the Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act he cosponsored and later voted for the measure which passed by voice vote.\n\nIn his remarks, Congressman Cohen noted that the 288-mile scenic hiking trail connects Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina and crosses the Appalachian Trail six times. One 93-mile stretch is in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.\n\nThe study called for in the bill would assess whether trail meets the standards of other national scenic trails. If it does, it would be the first so designated by Congress since 2009.\n\nSee the congressman\u2019s floor speech here.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-17T06:49:24Z", "2026-06-17T06:50:53Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-25-million-nih-grants-uthsc-and-st-jude-0", "Congressman Cohen Announces $2.5 Million in NIH Grants to UTHSC and St. Jude", "2026-05-27", "2026", "2026-05", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "MEMPHIS \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced $2,543,243 in National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital. Both institutions received funding for research into hearing loss.\n\nUTHSC received a grant of $460,908 for research into cholinergic modulation of olfactory coding under the director of Dr. Max L. Fletcher from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Acetylcholine is one of the chemicals in the brain (neurotransmitters) involved in sending signals (synaptic transmission). Dr. Fletcher\u2019s team is working to evaluate how acetylcholine and cholinergic signaling affects olfactory sensation. Dysfunction in the olfactory system is an early indicator of several major neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer\u2019s and Parkinson\u2019s diseases, and therefore better understanding these systems will aid in understanding the disease progression. It also received a grant of $198,497 from the same institute for research into Early Communication in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) and its Prediction of Autism under the direction of Dr. Tanjala Trinette Gipson. TSC is a rare genetic disease that causes non-cancerous tumors to grow in the brain, and around 50 percent of individuals with it develop an autism spectrum disorder. This project will help determine how certain key aspects of language development predict language outcomes and autism severity.\n\nSt. Jude received a grant of $455,000 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for research into the Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene under the direction of Dr. Chia-Hsueh Lee. LRRK2 mutations are among the most commonly associated with familial and sporadically developed Parkinson\u2019s disease. Dr. Lee\u2019s team will seek to better understand the structural features of the LRRK2 protein, and how it works at the molecular level. Their team hopes this work will facilitate the development of a new generation of anti-Parkinson\u2019s disease drugs. It also received a grant of $867,054 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research into the Mechanisms and Modeling of Vaccine Evasion in Pneumococcus under the direction of Dr. Jason W. Rosch. Dr. Rosch\u2019s team is studying how pneumococcus bacteria sometimes evade vaccine-induced protection. His research could help improve the efficacy of these vaccines. It received a third grant of $561,784 for research into Sensory-evoked adenosine release in cortical plasticity from the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders under the direction of Dr. Stanislav S. Zakharenko. Dr. Zakharenko\u2019s team will evaluate how sound impacts the release of the neurotransmitter adenosine and how it can control synaptic plasticity (adaptability within the brain).\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cUnderstanding and treating hearing loss is critical to improving the quality of life. I am impressed and encouraged that both St. Jude and our medical school are engaged in this important work. The NIH grants I am announcing today will enhance our understanding and lead to better outcomes. I commend Drs. Fletcher, Gipson, Lee, Rosch and Zakharenko and St. Jude and the University of Tennessee for their commitment to this important work.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-11T06:38:38Z", "2026-06-11T06:41:07Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-leads-letter-urging-treasury-department-halt-efforts", "Congressman Cohen Leads a Letter Urging Treasury Department to Halt Efforts to Produce a Gold Coin with Trump\u2019s Likeness", "2026-05-26", "2026", "2026-05", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today led a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urging him to rescind any consideration of producing a gold coin with the likeness of President Donald J. Trump, noting that the plan \u201cconflicts with federal law, congressional precedent, and well-established principles governing United States currency.\u201d Current federal law stipulates: \u201cOnly the portrait of a deceased individual may appear on United States currency and securities.\u201d\n\n\u201cDay after day, the Trump Administration ignores laws and demolishes well-established democratic norms,\u201d said Congressman Cohen. \u201cMinting a coin with a sitting President\u2019s likeness is blatantly illegal, and something typically done only under dictatorships and monarchies.\u201d\n\nThe letter is signed by Congresswomen Zoe Lofgren of California, Betty McCollum of Minnesota, Jahana Hayes of Connecticut, and Eleanor Holmes Norton of Washington, D.C., and Congressman Gilbert Ray Cisneros Jr. of California.\n\nThe letter reads in part:\n\n\u201cWe write to urge you to rescind any consideration of producing a gold or circulating coin or currency featuring President Donald J. Trump\u2019s likeness during his lifetime. Such an action would conflict with federal law, congressional precedent, and well-established principles governing United States currency.\n\n\u201cThe prohibition of using the likeness of any living person on U.S. currency is clear and has been for 160 years. Congress has repeatedly confirmed its intent on this issue, as recently as 2005\u2026\n\n\u201cIn 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Presidential $1 Coin Act into law, which further reinforces the restriction: \u2018No coin issued \u2026 may bear the image of a living former or current President, or of any deceased former President during the two-year period following the date of the death of that President\u2026\u2019\n\n\u201cDue to the statute\u2019s clear prohibition and the broader historical and policy rationale, we respectfully urge you to immediately halt any consideration, planning, minting, printing or distribution of coinage or currency featuring President Trump\u2019s likeness while he is alive. Thank you for your careful attention to this matter, which is critical to preserving both legal integrity and public confidence in the nation\u2019s money.\u201d\n\nSee the letter here.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-11T06:38:38Z", "2026-06-11T06:41:07Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-welcomes-inclusion-priorities-surface-transportation", "Congressman Cohen Welcomes Inclusion of Priorities in the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act", "2026-05-22", "2026", "2026-05", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today applauded provisions included in the five-year surface transportation bill \u2013 Build America 250 \u2013 marked up Thursday by the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The bill contains parts of several measures he introduced or championed. Those provisions include the continuation of the Complete Streets program, making roads and streets safer and more accessible to bicyclists and other modes of transportation, the reauthorization of the Safe Streets for All program and the reauthorization of the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail (FSP) Program and the Corridor ID program.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cWhile I am disappointed this bill does not build on historic safety progress made by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, it continues and improves areas I have long prioritized. Memphis has a pedestrian fatality problem and that is addressed in this bill. I commend Chairman Graves and Ranking Member Larsen for shepherding this massive bipartisan bill to a very favorable conclusion.\u201d\n\nThe bill includes provisions of Congressman Cohen\u2019s bills, including:\n\nThe Complete Streets Act\n\nThe Safe Streets and Roads for All Act\n\nReauthorizing the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail\n\nThe Train FOOD Act and\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-10T06:36:00Z", "2026-06-10T06:37:32Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohens-memorial-day-statement", "Congressman Cohen\u2019s Memorial Day Statement", "2026-05-22", "2026", "2026-05", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "MEMPHIS \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) released the following statement in recognition of Memorial Day on Monday:\n\n\u201cOn Memorial Day, we pay tribute to the brave men and women in uniform who gave their lives defending our nation. We reflect on their courage, commitment to our country, and sacrifices they and their families have made to keep us safe. While spending time with family and friends this holiday weekend, I appreciate your joining me in taking a moment to recognize that sacrifice.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-11T06:38:38Z", "2026-06-11T06:41:07Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressmen-cohen-and-horsford-and-senator-booker-lead-letter-seeking", "Congressmen Cohen and Horsford and Senator Booker Lead Letter Seeking Presidential Commutations for Those in Federal Prisons for Non-Violent Marijuana Offenses", "2026-05-22", "2026", "2026-05", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-4) and Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey today led a letter to President Trump and his pardon czar, Alice Marie Johnson, seeking the commutation of the sentences of all serving in federal prisons for non-violent marijuana-related offenses.\n\nThe letter was signed by Senators Elizabeth Warren, Jeff Merkley, Bernie Sanders, Ron Wyden, and Ed Markey and Representatives Hank Johnson, Troy Carter, Shri Thanedar, Rashida Tlaib, Jonathan Jackson, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Jared Huffman, Valerie Foushee, Frederica Wilson, Jesus \u201cChuy\u201d Garcia, Pramila Jayapal, Dan Goldman, Dwight Evans, Alexandria Ocassio-Cortez, Dina Titus, Ilhan Omar, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Nikema Williams, Summer Lee, Chris Deluzio, and Val Hoyle.\n\nThe letter reads in part:\n\n\u201cWe write to respectfully request that you use your pardon power to commute the sentences to all those in the federal prison system serving non-violent marijuana-related offenses.\n\n\u201cThe inclusion of marijuana in the Controlled Substances Act has resulted in tens of millions of people being sent to county, state, and federal prisons over the last several decades. Nearly 9 in 10 Americans believe that marijuana should be legal for medical or recreational purposes. You have recognized this disconnect between the science and policy with your executive order directing the Department of Justice (\u201cDOJ\u201d) to complete the rescheduling to Schedule III, and your DOJ\u2019s April 23, 2026 order to reschedule certain medical marijuana products to Schedule III. However, rescheduling marijuana does not provide relief for anyone currently in federal prison from a marijuana conviction. As president, you have a unique opportunity to use your constitutional authority and issue a categorical commutation to address this continuing injustice.\n\n\u201cThose convicted of marijuana offenses face disproportionately long sentences. Based on data from the United States Sentencing Commission, it is estimated that approximately 3,000 people are still federally incarcerated for marijuana trafficking offenses, with hundreds, perhaps thousands serving harsh mandatory minimum sentences of 5 years or longer. Additionally, the arrest rate for African Americans for marijuana possession is 3.6-fold higher than for white people, despite similar usage rates. Too many people are serving way too long for marijuana-associated offenses. This means precious time away from loved ones and families separated for years, and in some cases even decades, due to our country\u2019s antiquated laws around marijuana. However, thousands of people continue to be federally incarcerated for marijuana-related offenses, an activity that most states, in some form, have legalized.\n\n\u201cThe Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is plagued by capacity issues, both overcrowded and understaffed. While it won\u2019t solve the structural issues that have led us here, we believe that commuting the sentences of people with marijuana offenses would both address the overly harsh sentences while simultaneously allowing BOP to focus resources where they are needed most.\n\n\u201cLastly, those serving unjust marijuana sentences should be provided with support services to ensure they have a successful reentry after years of incarceration. Unfortunately, often those with life sentences cannot access reentry services. In order to prevent recidivism, we also urge you to order BOP to provide such services to people serving marijuana sentences.\n\n\u201cThank you for your consideration of our request.\u201d\n\nSee the letter here.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-10T06:36:00Z", "2026-06-10T06:37:32Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-introduces-six-articles-impeachment-against-supreme", "Congressman Cohen Introduces Six Articles of Impeachment Against Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts", "2026-05-21", "2026", "2026-05", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today introduced six Articles of Impeachment against Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts for committing high crimes and misdemeanors by violating the Constitution, disregarding his statutory obligations as Chief Justice, and breaching his oaths of office. Chief Justice Roberts has led the Court to the breaking point, with perceived political bias, arbitrary and unexplained rulings, and continually ruling for the rich and powerful at the expense of the poor and the broader citizenry.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cThe Supreme Court was once a proud and credible institution. Even if one disagreed with a position, there was respect for the analysis, thoroughness, and process. Under Chief Justice Roberts stewardship, it is now understood as biased: with decisions designed to benefit Republicans at the expense of representative government, seemingly contradictory and unexplained orders, and a pattern of ethical breaches that raises questions about the role of the wealthy. As Chief Justice, John Roberts is charged with administering this institution impartially, independently, and with integrity \u2013 all requirements built into constitutional structure of our judiciary. I have come to the unfortunate conclusion that while John Roberts remains Chief Justice, correcting this misconduct and ensuring the Justices and the Court itself comply with their legal obligations will be impossible.\u201d\n\nThe six articles are summarized below:\n\nArticle One \u2013 The Chief Justice allowed the Court to become a partisan force, in breach of the constitutional guarantee of a republican form of government, due process, and equal protection of the laws, and the Chief Justice\u2019s obligation to \u201cadminister justice without respect to persons\u201d and \u201cfaithfully and impartially\u201d discharge his duties. Time and time again, the Court has violated its own principles with a pattern of interfering in elections on behalf of Republican candidates.\n\nFor example, in the eight days following Callais, Tennessee dismantled its only majority-Black congressional district, splitting Memphis into three pieces. Alabama and South Carolina indicated they would follow suit. The Virginia Supreme Court struck down a voter-approved Democratic redistricting amendment, a case the Court declined to stay, within days. In contrast, the Court bypassed its rules to enable Louisiana to redraw its map in time for the 2026 elections. Similarly, on an expedited basis, the Supreme Court vacated lower court injunctions preventing Alabama from redistricting and allowed a new map to take effect eight days before the primary election. The asymmetrical application of the Purcell principle in a way that benefits Republicans demonstrates either the Chief Justice\u2019s inability to administer the court impartially, or that his gross negligence would prevent him from faithfully discharging his duties.\n\nThe asymmetrical application of the Purcell principle in a way that benefits Republicans demonstrates either the Chief Justice\u2019s inability to administer the court impartially, or that the Chief Justice is so negligent that he was unable to foresee that releasing the Callais decision days after Virginia\u2019s referendum, and then subsequently picking and choosing which states will be redistricted with one line orders, would be perceived as political by the American people, and, in so doing, destroy their confidence in the neutrality and independence of the Court.\n\nArticle Two \u2013 Under Chief Justice Roberts\u2019 stewardship, the Court systematically preferred the powerful over the people, undermining the notions of popular sovereignty, representation, and democracy at the heart of a constitutional republic. Taken together, Chief Justice Roberts led the Court to license a system of political exclusion that could entrench minority rule at the expense of the will of the people \u2013 a grave violation, with incalculable damage, to participatory democracy enshrined in our Constitution.\n\nArticle Three \u2013 Chief Justice Roberts violated his oath to \u201cdo equal right to the poor and the rich\u201d by endorsing a corrupt campaign finance system that privileges the wealthy at the expense of all other citizens.\n\nArticle Four \u2013 Chief Justice Roberts violated the Constitution of the United States and his Judicial Oath by usurping Congress\u2019s legislative role and exempting the President of the United States from criminal liability for illegal conduct. In placing a single person above the law, Chief Justice Roberts breached his oath to \u201cadminister justice without respect to persons.\u201d\n\nArticle Five: Chief Justice Roberts\u2019s leadership of the Court is marked by the Court\u2019s arbitrary, unexplained, and inconsistent decisions that violate the Constitutional protections of the parties.\n\nArticle Six: Chief Justice Roberts violated his ethical and statutory obligations by failing to fully report assets on his financial disclosures and refusing to recuse himself from cases that presented perceptions of a conflict of interest. While on the bench adjudicating some of the most sensitive matters, Jane Sullivan Roberts, the Chief Justice\u2019s spouse, was being paid millions of dollars to recruit attorneys by the very firms litigating before the Court. This conduct directly violates 28 U.S.C. \u00a7 455. More importantly, it violates the constitutional structure and the parties\u2019 constitutional rights to an independent and impartial magistrate to adjudicate their claims.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-09T06:27:37Z", "2026-06-09T06:30:10Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-plan-his-political-future", "Congressman Cohen Announces Plan for His Political Future", "2026-05-15", "2026", "2026-05", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen, who has represented Tennessee\u2019s 9th Congressional District for more than 19 years, held a press conference at his office in Washington this morning to announced that he will not be a candidate for any of the newly drawn Congressional seats carved out of the 9th. His majority-Black district was gerrymandered into three Republican-leaning districts by the state General Assembly last week.\n\nHe made the following statement:\n\n\u201cThis morning I made public my decision not to run in any of the three gerrymandered congressional districts carved out of the 9th District I have represented for more than 19 years. The state General Assembly last week diluted the Black vote in thirds to make Republican victories likely. Cases are pending that could restore the 9th District to its current contours until 2028 and, if we prevail, I will remain a candidate in the 9th, but that appears unlikely. It has been the honor of a lifetime to represent the people of Memphis in my 47 years of public service, first at the state Constitutional Convention and on the Shelby County Commission, then 24 years in the state Senate and now more than 19 years in Congress. There\u2019s no reason to be modest: No other politician has done more for the city and region \u2013 from my decisive vote to create the Regional Medical Center at Memphis (now Regional One), to the state lottery and Hope scholarships that have helped tens of thousands get a college education, to persuading the U.S. Department of Transportation to invest more than $393 million to replace the Interstate 55 bridge, the largest infrastructure investment in the state\u2019s history. At the national level, I was Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties when we held hearings to strengthen the Voting Rights Act that the Supreme Court has now destroyed. I was the first to introduce complete Articles of Impeachment against Donald Trump. The Center for Effective Lawmaking, a project of the University of Virginia and Vanderbilt University, named me the fifth most effective legislator in the 118th Congress in its assessment last year. If we prevail in the courts and the 9th District remains intact for the 2026 mid-term election, I will remain a candidate and will be proud to represent its people for another two years. If not, it has been an honor serving you.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-05T06:35:23Z", "2026-06-05T06:36:42Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/press-advisory-congressman-cohen-hold-press-conference-his-decision", "Press Advisory: Congressman Cohen to Hold a Press Conference on His Decision About His Political Future", "2026-05-14", "2026", "2026-05", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen, who has represented Tennessee\u2019s 9th Congressional District for more than 19 years, will hold a press conference at his office in Washington Friday morning to discuss his decision about his political future. His majority-Black district was gerrymandered into three Republican-leaning districts by the state General Assembly last week.\n\nWhat: A press conference to discuss Congressman Cohen\u2019s political future\n\nWhen: Friday, May 15, at 11 a.m.\n\nWhere: 2268 Rayburn House Office Building", 1, "2026-06-04T06:38:12Z", "2026-06-04T06:39:44Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-202-million-fema-funding-methodist-le", "Congressman Cohen Announces $20.2 Million in FEMA Funding to Methodist Le Bonheur and Regional One", "2026-05-13", "2026", "2026-05", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the State of Tennessee will receive $20,219,887 for Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Corporation and Shelby County Healthcare Corporation (Regional One) for expenses they incurred in responding to the COVID-19 emergency declared in April 2020. The funding is from the Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).\n\nThe funding covers purchases the hospitals incurred \u2013 including medicines, rented equipment, contracted services and other expenses \u2013 in response to the pandemic. The money goes to Tennessee and is expected to be redirected to the institutions: $17,482,440 to Methodist Le Bonheur and $2,737,447 to Regional One.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s been a long time coming but this funding to reimburse our Memphis medical establishment is welcome. The federal government agreed to step in during the pandemic to keep the population safe and prevent further harm, and this funding reimburses our hospitals for the investments they made.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-03T06:40:39Z", "2026-06-03T06:42:22Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-discusses-gerrymandering-and-voting-rights-judiciary", "Congressman Cohen Discusses Gerrymandering and Voting Rights at Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing", "2026-05-13", "2026", "2026-05", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, discussed the travesty for representation that is the partisan Congressional redistricting of Tennessee\u2019s 9th District. The majority-minority Tennessee Congressional District that Congressman Cohen has represented for more than 19 years was divided into three Republican-leaning districts by the Tennessee General Assembly last week.\n\nThe state legislature acted after the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s Louisiana v. Callais ruling, allowing states to draw Congressional district maps without regard to race.\n\nAt the hearing, ostensibly on the impact of Sharia Law in the United States, Congressman Cohen said a hearing on changes in the law affecting Congressional representation would be far more useful. In previous Congresses, Congressman Cohen served as Chairman of the Subcommittee, and held numerous hearings on the continuing impact of discrimination in voting.\n\nIn his remarks, he spoke of the sacrifices of Civil Rights giants that led to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that are now being \u201cput asunder.\u201d Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.\n\nIn his remarks, he said in part:\n\n\u201cI was recently redistricted. That\u2019s a bigger threat to this country than anything we\u2019re talking about here\u2026\n\n\u201c(Redistricting is happening) in the legislatures of the South, because of Donald Trump\u2019s fear of oversight by the next Congress \u2013 a fear that his extreme trampling of the Constitution, selling of pardons, emoluments clause violations, crypto-schemes \u2013 will be exposed\u2026\n\n\u201c(Supreme Court Chief Justice) John Roberts said that the Supreme Court of the United States is not political. It is an arm of the Trump White House. They took this (Callais) case up because Virginia had given Democrats (new districts) and they needed to act\u2026\n\n\u201cWe ought to have hearings on changes in our laws that don\u2019t allow people to be represented in Congress, changing the rights and opportunities for African Americans to be equal citizens of this country and it\u2019s being turned back\u2026America is being destroyed from within 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.\u201d\n\nSee his entire remarks here.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-06-03T06:40:39Z", "2026-06-03T06:42:22Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-and-cannabis-unity-coalition-address-federal", "Congressman Cohen and the Cannabis Unity Coalition to Address Federal Marijuana Policy", "2026-05-12", "2026", "2026-05", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a longtime advocate of reasonable federal law and policy about marijuana, will join representatives of the roughly 40 groups collectively known as the Cannabis Unity Coalition at a press conference on Wednesday, May 13.\n\nThe groups include the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), and the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA), among others\n\nWhat: The Cannabis Unity Coalition Day of Action Press Conference\n\nWho: Congressman Cohen, representatives of the Cannabis Unity Coalition and others will speak\n\nWhen: Wednesday, May 13, at 10 a.m.\n\nWhere: The House Press Triangle outside the U.S. Capitol\n\nPlease RSVP to Congressman Cohen\u2019s communications director at Bartholomew.Sullivan@mail.house.gov\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-05-23T06:08:46Z", "2026-05-23T06:10:20Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-eye-research-grant-uthsc", "Congressman Cohen Announces Eye Research Grant to UTHSC", "2026-05-12", "2026", "2026-05", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $466,103 from the National Eye Institute for research on sphingolipid signaling in vesicating ocular injury under the direction of Dr. Nawajes Mandal, a professor in the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Sphingolipids are a type of lipid found mainly in the membranes of cells which act on multiple different types of proteins to alter cellular functions. Understanding the formation and regulation of these types of lipids will help facilitate the development of drugs to treat conditions in which sphingolipid dysregulation are associated such as Type 2 Diabetes and ocular degeneration.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cOur medical school stays at the cutting edge of research thanks to investments like this one. I congratulate Dr. Mandal and the UTHSC community for undertaking this critical work.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-05-28T06:29:45Z", "2026-05-28T06:31:18Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-more-1-million-nih-grants-st-jude", "Congressman Cohen Announces more than $1 Million in NIH Grants to St. Jude", "2026-05-12", "2026", "2026-05", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital will receive two National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants totaling $1,099,480. One, for $667,480 will go to Dr. Mario Halic for research on the structure and function of chromatin, from the National Institute of General Medical Services. Chromatin is the large complex of DNA and proteins responsible for condensing and packaging DNA into the nucleus of the cell. Dr. Halic\u2019s research will seek to understand how the proteins associated with chromatin regulate transcription \u2013 the conversion of DNA into RNA. Prior work has revealed that these chromatin factors are highly mutated in human cancers. His team hopes that this will lead to the development of more specific drugs to treat cancer. The second grant, for $432,000 from the National Cancer Institute, will support pediatric oncology education under the direction of Dr. Suzanne Gronemeyer. Since 1978, St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital Pediatric Oncology Education program has trained over a thousand students with a long legacy of excellence \u2013 86% of the participants hold a doctorate.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cI am pleased to see these investments in the research and education missions of our premiere children\u2019s research hospital. I commend Drs. Halic and Gronemeyer, and St. Jude, for undertaking this important work.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-05-23T06:08:46Z", "2026-05-23T06:10:20Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-protests-reckless-plan-silence-memphis-black-vote", "Congressman Cohen Protests Reckless Plan to Silence Memphis\u2019 Black Vote", "2026-05-07", "2026", "2026-05", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "MEMPHIS \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today observed the wholesale destruction of democratic representation in the state of Tennessee by the Tennessee General Assembly that he has tried to prevent and made the following statement:\n\n\u201cWhile we expected this egregious result, it\u2019s hard to contemplate how much harm the General Assembly has done to the voice of Black voters in Tennessee, and specifically in Memphis. The procedures outlined in this hastily drawn legislation are obviously inadequate. The time factor for creating new district lines for candidates is clearly inadequate and confusing for voters after established lines have been in place and candidates have been campaigning for two months. The new arrangement cannot result in fair representation.\n\n\u201cBeyond all that, the fact that each of these new districts was drawn to divide almost exactly into thirds the Black voting population of the 9th District suggests serious racist and unethical intent and raises legal issues about the use of race being the true predominant factor in this redistricting effort.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-05-23T06:08:46Z", "2026-05-23T06:10:20Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/press-advisory-congressman-cohen-hold-press-conference-discuss-31", "Press Advisory: Congressman Cohen to Hold Press Conference to Discuss $3.1 Million He Secured for Historic Clayborn Temple", "2026-05-07", "2026", "2026-05", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "MEMPHIS \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) will join leaders of the Historic Clayborn Temple for a press conference on Friday to discuss the $3.1 million he secured through the annual appropriations process for restoration of the church ravaged by fire one year ago.\n\nThe church was the organizing headquarters for striking sanitation workers in 1968.\n\nWhat: A press conference to discuss the $3.1 million Congressman Cohen secured in his Community Project Funding request in the annual appropriations process\n\nWho: Speakers will include Congressman Cohen; Anasa Troutman, Founder and CEO of The Big We from Historic Clayborn Temple; Willie \u201cHank\u201d Henry, the District Director of the 9th Congressional District who attended meetings at the church during the 1968 strike; and Dorcas Young Griffin, deputy chief administrative officer, Shelby County\n\nCongressman Cohen will be available after the press conference to discuss other matters.\n\nWhen: Friday, May 8, at 10:30 a.m.\n\nWhere: Historic Clayborn Temple is at 294 Hernando Street, Memphis (38126) Street parking is available on Hernando Street.\n\nPlease RSVP to Congressman Cohen\u2019s communications director at Bartholomew.Sullivan@mail.house.gov\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-05-22T06:27:39Z", "2026-05-22T06:29:18Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/press-advisory-congressman-cohen-hold-press-conference-redistricting", "Press Advisory: Congressman Cohen to Hold Press Conference on Redistricting Thursday", "2026-05-06", "2026", "2026-05", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "MEMPHIS \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) will return from Nashville, where he has been working to defeat a partisan redistricting plan that would disenfranchise Memphis voters, to hold a press conference on Thursday morning in his downtown office.\n\nWhat: A press conference to discuss the General Assembly\u2019s plan to disenfranchise the voters of a majority-Black 9th Congressional District Congressman Cohen has represented since 2007\n\nWhen: Thursday, May 7th, at 10:30 a.m.\n\nWhere: The Odell Horton Federal Building 167 North Main Street, Suite 369, Memphis (38103)\n\nPlease RSVP to Congressman Cohen\u2019s communications director at Bartholomew.Sullivan@mail.house.gov\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-05-16T06:05:00Z", "2026-05-27T06:40:17Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-31-million-nih-grants-st-jude", "Congressman Cohen Announces $3.1 Million in NIH Grants to St. Jude", "2026-05-05", "2026", "2026-05", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital will receive two grants totaling $3,109,370 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). One, for $1,686,167, is from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research on early life viral infections\u2019 impact on immune development trajectories under the direction of Dr. Octavio Ramilo. The second, for $1,423,203, is from the National Cancer Institute for support of a multi-institutional consortium evaluating experimental treatments for pediatric brain tumors under the direction of Dr. Arzu Onar-Thomas of the Department of Biostatistics.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cThis substantial investment in both research on the immune system effective assessment of experimental treatments will expand our understanding and ultimately save lives. I commend Drs. Romilo and Onar-Thomas and St. Jude for their dedication to this work.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-05-15T06:17:41Z", "2026-05-15T06:18:51Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/press-advisory-tennessee-leaders-host-press-conference-condemning", "Press Advisory: Tennessee Leaders Host Press Conference Condemning Republican Supermajority\u2019s Legislative Attempt to Silence Voters and Disenfranchise Black Tennesseans", "2026-05-05", "2026", "2026-05", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "NASHVILLE -- TODAY, Tuesday, May 5, a unified coalition of elected officials and community leaders from across Tennessee will gather at Beth Harwell Plaza at the Tennessee State Capitol for a press conference condemning the Tennessee Republican Supermajority\u2019s special legislative session to redraw the state\u2019s Congressional districts so they can seize more power, control our elections, and suppress the votes of Black and brown Tennesseans, especially those who call Memphis home.\n\nWHAT: Press Conference\n\nWHEN: Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at 12:15 PM CT\n\nWHERE: Beth Harwell Plaza, 410 Rep. John Lewis Way N, Nashville, TN 37219\n\nWHO: Elected officials and community leaders from across Tennessee including:\n\n- Congressman Steve Cohen, U.S. House of Representatives, District 9\n\n- Tequila Johnson, Executive Director of The Equity Alliance Fund\n\n- Nashville Mayor Freddie O\u2019Connell\n\n- Lisa Sherman Luna, Executive Director of TIRRC Votes\n\n- Francie Hunt, Executive Director of Tennessee Advocates for Planned Parenthood\n\n- Rep. Justin J. Pearson, State House Representative, District 86\n\nWHY: Millions of us call Tennessee home. Every community from Memphis to Nashville, and every county in between, deserves a fair voice in the decisions that shape our lives. A rushed special session to redraw congressional maps mere months before elections threatens to confuse Tennessee voters, break apart communities, and weaken representation before Tennesseans have a meaningful chance to respond.\n\nThe message from Tennesseans is clear: Voters should choose their leaders. Politicians should not choose their voters.\n\nMEDIA OPPORTUNITIES\n\nMembers of the press are invited to attend.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-05-15T06:17:41Z", "2026-05-27T06:40:17Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-protests-call-redistricting", "Congressman Cohen Protests Call for Redistricting", "2026-05-01", "2026", "2026-05", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "MEMPHIS \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), who has represented a majority-Black district in Congress since 2007, responded to state Republican lawmakers\u2019 call for a special legislative session to consider redistricting, and made the following statement:\n\n\u201cThis transparent effort to create a seat for a member of Congress who will rubber stamp Trump\u2019s increasingly bizarre and dangerous agenda will also dilute the Black vote in Tennessee to the point of irrelevance.\n\n\u201cI have been consulting with voting rights lawyers and other experts to fight this move with every option available, political and legal. The filing deadline for candidates for the 120th Congress has passed. Were the General Assembly to change the district maps, candidates already seeking office in one district could find themselves in the absurd situation of running in another \u2013 a wholesale injustice to voters and a mockery of democracy.\n\n\u201cRepublican state lawmakers clearly have the votes to make this Machiavellian move. I hope fairness is part of their consideration and that they abandon it.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-05-14T06:11:37Z", "2026-05-14T06:12:56Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-responds-trumps-meddling-tennessee-electoral", "Congressman Cohen Responds to Trump\u2019s Meddling in Tennessee Electoral Representation", "2026-04-30", "2026", "2026-04", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today reviewed President Trump\u2019s social media broadside calling for Congressional redistricting in Tennessee, and made the following statement:\n\n\u201cTrump and the GOP want to take power away from Black voters in Memphis and nationwide. Donald Trump\u2019s Jim Crow Supreme Court has emasculated the Voting Rights Act \u2014 the last line of defense in protecting fair representation in Congress for majority Black communities like Memphis, the same city where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed while fighting for Black Americans to have a voice in their own government. That\u2019s the voice they\u2019re trying to take away.\n\n\u201cThe Voting Rights Act was the crowning jewel of legislation passed under President Lyndon B. Johnson, fought for by civil rights leaders like MLK and John Lewis. They\u2019ve been dismantling it for years, and with this decision they want to put it to rest. It\u2019s the greatest setback to civil rights since Plessy v. Ferguson in the Jim Crow era.\n\n\u201cIt took the GOP less than six hours to start eyeing Memphis after the SCOTUS decision on Louisiana, and that tells you everything. The grift, the corruption, the mass deportations and violence, Trump and the GOP know it\u2019s over after November \u2014 unless they can keep people from the polls, or redraw the maps entirely beforehand.\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of uncertainty right now, but you can count on this: I will not back down. My team and I are already in touch with experienced voting rights attorneys to see what can be done to try and stop this \u2014 more to come.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-05-14T06:11:37Z", "2026-05-14T06:12:56Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-blasts-supreme-courts-gutting-voting-rights-act", "Congressman Cohen Blasts Supreme Court\u2019s Gutting of the Voting Rights Act", "2026-04-29", "2026", "2026-04", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) reviewed Wednesday\u2019s 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court ruling weakening a provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act and made the following statement:\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve been expecting this decision. I\u2019m disappointed that the Court has diluted the Voting Rights Act which guaranteed minority voters the right to elect the representative of their choosing. It has served us well. This ruling effectively undoes the work of Martin Luther King and John Lewis. Changes to the Voting Rights Act should be made by Congress.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-05-13T06:12:22Z", "2026-05-13T06:13:52Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-blasts-supreme-courts-gutting-voting-rights-act-0", "Congressman Cohen Blasts Supreme Court\u2019s Gutting of the Voting Rights Act", "2026-04-29", "2026", "2026-04", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) reviewed Wednesday\u2019s 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court ruling weakening a provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act and made the following statement:\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve been expecting this decision. I\u2019m disappointed that the Court has diluted the Voting Rights Act which guaranteed minority voters the right to elect the representative of their choosing. It has served us well. This ruling effectively undoes the work of Martin Luther King and John Lewis. Changes to the Voting Rights Act should be made by Congress.\n\n\u201cIf the General Assembly is called back into a special session and seeks to do Trump\u2019s bidding, I will exercise every option, legal and political, to prevent the harm this decision today makes possible.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-05-13T06:12:22Z", "2026-05-13T06:13:52Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-hold-press-conference-supreme-courts-louisiana-v", "Congressman Cohen to Hold Press Conference on Supreme Court\u2019s Louisiana v. Callais Ruling and its Potential Impact on Tennessee", "2026-04-29", "2026", "2026-04", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the only Democrat in the Tennessee Congressional Delegation will hold a press conference today at 3:30 p.m. to discuss the impact of the Supreme Court\u2019s Voting Rights Act ruling in Louisiana v. Callais and candidate for Governor Senator Marsha Blackburn\u2019s call on Governor Bill Lee to call a Special Session of the General Assembly to consider redistricting.\n\nTime: Today, Wednesday, April 29 at 3:30 p.m. Eastern\n\nWhere: 2268 Rayburn House Office Building\n\nRSVP to the Congressman\u2019s communications director atBartholomew.Sullivan@mail.house.gov", 1, "2026-05-13T06:12:22Z", "2026-05-13T06:13:52Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-blasts-baseless-and-corrupt-new-comey-indictment", "Congressman Cohen Blasts Baseless and Corrupt New Comey Indictment", "2026-04-28", "2026", "2026-04", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, reviewed the rationale for a second baseless indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, and made the following statement:\n\n\u201cJames Comey\u2019s photo of a colorful artistic expression of seashells on the beach was not threatening to President Trump. I\u2019ve long known the symbol \u201886\u2019 as a restaurant kitchen term for \u2018we\u2019re out of it.\u2019 Trump is out of it. The continued weaponization of the U.S. Department of Justice and its campaign to go after Trump\u2019s perceived enemies must end. The First Amendment of the Constitution was designed to prevent a vindictive President from using the power of the federal government to arrest and potentially jail those expressing dissenting views.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-05-08T05:46:43Z", "2026-05-08T05:48:09Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-defends-access-reproductive-health-services-judiciary", "Congressman Cohen Defends Access to Reproductive Health Services at Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing", "2026-04-28", "2026", "2026-04", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today questioned the premise of a Republican-inspired hearing on efforts to eliminate FACE Act safeguards. In his remarks, Congressman Cohen said recent blockade outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Memphis, where performing abortions is a felony, \u201cwas about intimidation\u201d and denied women access to essential health services and primary care.\n\nThe Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act has been the law since 1994 and prohibits obstruction of access to reproductive health services facilities.\n\nIn his remarks, Congressman Cohen said in part:\n\n\u201cDemocrats are fighting to ensure that every American can access high-quality health care, practice their faith freely, and rely on the rule of law. The majority (Republicans), however, seeks to hand individual health care decisions to a handful of radical activists, impose their preferred religious views on everyone else, and give cover to lawbreakers\u2014even violent ones\u2014when it benefits them politically\u2026\n\n\u201cIn December, seventeen people were arrested for blocking access to the Planned Parenthood clinic in Memphis\u2014the only one remaining in the area, just blocks from my home. The other clinic had been forced to close because of the Administration\u2019s deep Medicaid cuts. These protesters weren\u2019t stopping abortions. Abortion in Tennessee is a felony at all stages of pregnancy, with no exceptions for rape or incest. The people entering that clinic were seeking routine, preventive services like blood pressure checks, breast cancer screenings, and STI treatment. It functions like any other doctor\u2019s office, accepting insurance and serving patients whose reasons for visiting vary and are private. This wasn\u2019t about protecting life\u2014it was about intimidation and imposing one group\u2019s beliefs on everyone else\u2026\n\n\u201cHere\u2019s the kicker: some of those arrested were anti\u2011choice activists whom President Trump had recently pardoned for earlier FACE Act violations. These individuals had already been convicted of obstructing access to reproductive health care. The FACE Act plays a critical role in protecting the rights of patients and providers. This Administration and the MAGA movement want to dismantle it. Repealing the FACE Act would give political and legal cover to people who believe they can decide who should\u2014and should not\u2014receive health care.\n\n\u201cThis is not about religion\u2014and certainly not about religious freedom\u2026Repealing the FACE Act would elevate one narrow set of beliefs at the expense of all others. That is the opposite of religious liberty.\u201d\n\nCongressman Cohen said that the Committee should be reviewing President Trump\u2019s misuse of the pardon power and unlawful executive orders that overstep Congress\u2019 Article 1 authorities.\n\nSee his entire remarks here.\n\nWitnesses at today\u2019s hearing were:\n\nJessica Waters, senior scholar in residence, Justice, Law and Criminology, American University;\n\nChris Ferrara, Senior Counsel, Thomas More Society;\n\nRoger Severino, VP of Economic and Domestic Policy, The Heritage Foundation; and\n\nEva Edl, convicted FACE Act defendant\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-05-07T13:38:59Z", "2026-05-07T13:40:28Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-welcomes-king-charles-invocation-us-uk-shared-values", "Congressman Cohen Welcomes King Charles\u2019 Invocation of U.S.-U.K. Shared Values", "2026-04-28", "2026", "2026-04", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) attended an address by Britain\u2019s King Charles III to a joint session of Congress today and made the following statement:\n\n\u201cKing Charles underscored the shared values of our two countries while invoking our long history of mutual aid and consistent moral support. I found it particularly helpful that the King reminded his audience of our nations\u2019 decades-long commitment to a strong NATO alliance. It was important for some in the Chamber to hear him confirm Britain\u2019s and our continued strong support for Ukraine in its war against the genocidal threat from our common Russian foe. It was encouraging to hear the King use his considerable influence as an advocate for the environment that serves us all to call attention to the need to address climate change. It was refreshing to hear his endorsement of our common dedication to protections for peoples of all faiths or no faith, and for his respect for the American people.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-05-08T05:46:43Z", "2026-05-08T05:48:09Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-196-million-grant-build-cement-plant-port", "Congressman Cohen Announces $19.6 Million Grant to Build a Cement Plant at the Port of Memphis", "2026-04-27", "2026", "2026-04", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the MidSouth Development District will receive a $19,662,581 Port Infrastructure Development grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to redevelop an existing but dormant grain facility at the International Port of Memphis into an active cementitious material terminal.\n\nThe project will include construction of a pneumatic barge unloading system, a storage facility, and a system for transferring material to trucks.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cThis major investment in redeveloping part of our port facilities will result in both construction and permanent jobs and boost our local economy.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-05-06T06:05:57Z", "2026-05-06T06:07:49Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-68-million-grant-christ-community-health", "Congressman Cohen Announces $6.8 Million Grant to Christ Community Health Services", "2026-04-27", "2026", "2026-04", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Christ Community Health Services will receive a grant of $6,832,768 from the Health Resources and Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services to operate its programs for its economically or medically vulnerable patients.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cThis substantial grant will help Christ Community Health Services meet the medical care challenges of those Memphians most in need. I am pleased to see this funding address the needs of the underprivileged. I will continue fighting to improve access to health care, including for passage of Medicare for All.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-05-06T06:05:57Z", "2026-05-06T06:07:49Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-leads-letter-demanding-answers-president-trump", "Congressman Cohen Leads Letter Demanding Answers from President Trump on the Unauthorized Use of Taxpayer Dollars for His Triumphal Arch", "2026-04-24", "2026", "2026-04", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), Caucus Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01) and Chellie Pingree (ME-01) led a group of lawmakers expressing concerns to President Donald Trump and Acting Chairman for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) William English regarding NEH funds being unlawfully redirected toward the construction of a Triumphal Arch.\n\nThe lawmakers demanded the Administration cease funding for the unauthorized project, provide clarity on the use of NEH funds, and promptly distribute appropriated funding to humanities councils and other intended recipients.\n\n\u201cA construction project of this nature, especially one previously described by President Trump as privately funded, falls well outside the intended use of NEH program funding. Allocating funds to a project that has no legal basis to proceed is an abuse of taxpayer dollars,\u201d write the lawmakers.\n\n\u201cAt the same time, museums, libraries, and local organizations nationwide wait for funding that Congress has already approved. NEH has yet to distribute appropriated funding for state and jurisdictional humanities councils, leaving these organizations in limbo halfway through the fiscal year. These institutions form the backbone of American civic and cultural life; redirecting their funding to a project that neither aligns with NEH\u2019s mission nor reflects congressional intent risks real and immediate harm to communities nationwide,\u201d continue the lawmakers.\n\nThe lawmakers\u2019 letter specifically demands answers from President Trump and Mr. English on the following questions:\n\nWhat is the grant purpose for the $2 million of Special Initiative funds and the $13 million of matching grant funds?\n\nWho is the recipient of these awards? Please provide all application materials associated with these grants.\n\nDid the National Council on the Humanities review and approve this funding?\n\nWhy has the Administration not followed statutory requirements in siting the project in Area I, and when will it notify the appropriate committees of Congress as required by the Commemorative Works Act (CWA)?\n\nWhat legal authority is NEH using to provide these grants for a project that is lacking a statutorily required authorization?\n\nIf funds are available for this project, why have congressionally directed funds for NEH activities not yet been fully disbursed to state humanities councils?\n\nWhat is the anticipated project cost of the Arch, and what other funding sources are being used for this project?\n\nWhat will be the total cost of the project to taxpayers, beyond the $15 million identified in NEH\u2019s FY2026 Full Year Spend Plan?\n\nWill the Administration commit to full public disclosure of all private funding sources for the Arch, including a list of any donors and amounts contributed or pledged?\n\nFull text of the letter can be found here.\n\nEarlier this week, Congressman Cohen received a Congressional Research Service report he requested indicating no previous president has sought to build a triumphal arch in Washington. See his release on the findings here.\n\nAdditional Background\n\nDespite previous claims that President Trump would only use private donations to fund his Triumphal Arch, the National Endowment for Humanities released its FY26 plan earlier this month including $15 million for this project despite the absence of congressional authorization required under the CWA.\n\nThis is happening while humanities councils are experiencing an unprecedented funding crisis. Although Congress maintained the $65 million appropriation for councils in the recently passed funding bill, funds have not yet been released. As a result, councils across the country have endured layoffs, frozen grant programs, and scaled back urgent community initiatives, including preparations for the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Instead of using funding as Congress intended, the Administration is using taxpayer dollars for a self-righteous project that lacks clear legal authority, while undermining the cultural and civic institutions that serve communities throughout the nation.\n\n###", 1, "2026-05-02T05:53:08Z", "2026-05-02T05:54:44Z"], ["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-115-million-regional-infrastructure", "Congressman Cohen Announces $1.15 Million Regional Infrastructure Accelerators Program Grant from U.S. DOT", "2026-04-23", "2026", "2026-04", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Memphis-based Mid-South Development District will receive Round Four Regional Infrastructure Accelerators Program funding of $1,150,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation to support an array of local transportation infrastructure projects.\n\nCongressman Cohen made the following statement:\n\n\u201cAs America\u2019s Distribution Center, Memphis is the hub in a transportation network that drives commerce and produces skilled workers. 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