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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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Jun 28, 2021

The right to vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have in democracy.

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Jun 23, 2021

Can you not expedite the removal of that coal ash? Because it affects our Memphis aquifer, as well, and it affects the people in that neighborhood.

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Jun 23, 2021

The Corps has an obligation to consider those effects now for this community.

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Jun 23, 2021

The Byhalia crude oil pipeline goes through low-income, African-American communities that have been burdened with a lot of industrial pollutants for years.

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Jun 16, 2021

We are not normal. We are not over the pandemic. We are not over coronavirus and COVID-19. Many people in our country, over a majority in my State of Tennessee, have not been immunized, have not had the vaccine. I urge everyone to get…

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Jun 16, 2021

We need to use the pardon power early on to help filter out people who shouldn't be in the criminal justice system.

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Jun 16, 2021

At least 1,800 people got out, and it was something pretty amazing in American history.

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Jun 16, 2021

We need to change our pardon power and make it to where it is mercy and justice and not taking care of cronies.

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Jun 16, 2021

It was racist, racist, racist, and always has been and still is. The war on drugs is a big failure.

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Jun 16, 2021

Did you know we were lying about the drugs? Of course, we did.

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Jun 16, 2021

You want to know what this is really about. The Nixon campaign in 1968 and the Nixon White House after that had two enemies: The anti-war left and Black people.

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Jun 13, 2021

Joe Biden won the election. It was honest, it was clean, one of the most honest and clean, if not the most ever. And that Joe Biden is the President and he won in a landslide, and to get over this stuff and the fact and the idea that…

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Jun 13, 2021

I appreciate each person who has attended this Committee meeting and I appreciate our witnesses.

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Jun 13, 2021

There is hope on the way--help on the way. We have a letter urging more funding for legal services.

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Jun 13, 2021

Thank you, Mr. Johnson. I know you, like me, are available to constituents at all moments of the day...

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Jun 9, 2021

I urge you to look--I don't know if you can do anything without the direction of the Attorney General, but it appears Mr. McGahn was told to lie by the President about trying--wanting to fire officials.

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Jun 9, 2021

You should have warned, and you had a duty to do that.

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Jun 9, 2021

You, to the best of my knowledge, haven't done anything to go after the people who incited the riot, the big boss, which was Donald Trump.

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Jun 7, 2021

I thought we wanted to use criminal contempt to enforce our subpoenas.

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May 26, 2021

Voter identification laws that are targeted to exclude minority voters and that are designed by their particular requirements to make it more difficult to vote

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May 23, 2021

These remarks about Jewish people, which Marjorie Taylor Greene has done rather consistently will lead to violence against Jewish people more and more, and it needs to stop.

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May 23, 2021

The Jewish Democrats in the House are putting a letter together. David Cicilline has been a primary force and we will be sending it to McCarthy and ask him to take some steps because we saw what happened on January 6th.

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May 23, 2021

McCarthy doesn't want upset them. McCarthy has got eyes on being the Speaker, which he didn't have before, and so he has shown no leadership at all.

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