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Steve Cohen

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Steve Cohen is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Tennessee's 9th congressional district since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, Cohen has been involved in various legislative efforts and has served on multiple committees during his tenure. He is known for his advocacy on issues such as civil rights, healthcare, and education. Cohen has also been vocal on matters concerning the executive branch and its impact on local communities.

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May 23, 2023

There was bipartisan interest in doing something with this bill.

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May 18, 2023

I thank Mr. Nadler for the time. I served the first 3\1/2\ years of my legal career in the police department. I had a badge and a gun. I know policemen as well, if not better, than almost anybody in this body. I tried to give them a gun…

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May 17, 2023

Instead of trying to make their constituents lives' better, they're wasting time and taxpayer dollars on an endless, fruitless string of partisan investigations.

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May 17, 2023

When the FBI is rifling through personal correspondence of people of color, when law enforcement tries to push policies to limit the freedom of people practicing a different religion, or unjustly pursuing people in cars who look like…

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May 17, 2023

My Republican colleagues aren't here, representing their constituents, not my constituents. They're representing Donald Trump.

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May 17, 2023

My colleagues on the far right are on a mission to attack, discredit, and ultimately dismantle the FBI.

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May 17, 2023

My Republican colleagues would like me and others to believe that they've suddenly found religion when it comes to misconduct in law enforcement. Give me a break.

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May 17, 2023

This is defunding the police on steroids.

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May 17, 2023

What's clear from these hearings is that Donald Trump knows, just as well as I do, that the danger to him and his MAGA movement is the rule of law.

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May 17, 2023

This is not a Committee on the Weaponization of Government. This is a Committee for the Weaponization of Government.

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May 17, 2023

This Committee is a clearinghouse for testing conspiracy theories for Donald Trump to use in his 2024 Presidential Campaign.

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May 17, 2023

The truth matters. The truth matters. Hiding information and stating a lie over and over again does not make it true.

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May 17, 2023

The real divide in America is not between Democrats and Republicans. It's between people who love this country, who believe in the rule of law, who want to follow the law, and those who will fight to make our union more perfect and the…

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May 15, 2023

Trump had none of that. It was all about being President, and he gave up his position which he earlier had to become President.

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May 15, 2023

They gave him Gorsuch, and they gave him Kavanaugh, and they gave him Barrett.

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May 15, 2023

What we've got is a weaponization of the political system to destroy a woman's choice, women's right to choose.

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May 9, 2023

This weekend, I had the honor of going to Kyiv, Ukraine, with the chairman of the Helsinki Commission, Joe Wilson. I am the ranking member. Our commission is responsible for the security and cooperation of governments in Europe. The…

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Apr 18, 2023

A decade earlier, this Committee also came together, again in bipartisan fashion, to address another crisis in U.S. aviation: the unacceptably high number of airline passenger fatalities.

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Apr 18, 2023

The United States has continued to experience the safest 13 years in the history of airline transportation in America in large part because of the '1,500-hour' minimum requirement for pilot training as passed by Congress in 2010.

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Apr 18, 2023

I am the only Democrat Congressperson from Tennessee, so in some ways I represent the entire State on issues of concern to Democrats and people of progress. Tennessee and New York, unfortunately, have been shameful in their conduct…

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Apr 18, 2023

Without that, we can't have the airlines as they should be.

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Apr 18, 2023

I applaud the FAA, Congress, and the aviation stakeholders for their efforts thus far in helping move the needle in the right direction to develop the U.S. aerospace workforce.

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Apr 18, 2023

The Flight School Association of North America (FSANA) which was formed in 2009 would like to go on record as fully supporting that the '1,500-hour' rule remain in place with no changes.

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Apr 18, 2023

It's the first 2-year program of its kind in Tennessee and is poised to help diversify the aviation workforce.

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Apr 18, 2023

A deviation from current regulatory practices that have served to produce the safest period of airline travel in the United States since they were implemented represents a major risk to the flying public.

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