Congressman Jim Cooper

Representing the 5th District of Tennessee
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Press Releases

Cooper Announces Results of High School Voter Registration Drive

Apr 18, 2018 Press Release

More Than 3,000 New Voters Across Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District

Issues:
Government Reform

Cooper: Omnibus Bill Releases Additional $7.5 Million to Protect Elections in Tennessee

Apr 3, 2018 Press Release
Fresh Grant Funding Adds to $28 Million Already Available

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-05) today received confirmation that the omnibus funding bill recently passed by Congress releases $7.5 million in fresh funding for election security in Tennessee.

Issues:
Civil Rights and Equality, National Security

Cooper Announces Bipartisan Earmark Elimination Act

Mar 28, 2018 Press Release

Cooper, Rice, Budd, Norman: Our Bill Would Ban Earmarks Forever
Pet Projects Don’t Belong in Congressional Budgets

Issues:
Budget and Economy, Government Reform

Cooper Speaks Out in Defense of Special Counsel

Mar 17, 2018 Press Release

NASHVILLE — Amid reports that President Trump’s lawyer wants a premature end to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s active investigation, U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-05) defended the probe, urging Congress to protect Mueller so he can finish examining Russian interference in American affairs.

Issues:
Government Reform

Cooper Supports Effort to Preserve Net Neutrality

Feb 27, 2018 Press Release
New Bill Would Reverse FCC’s Harmful Vote Affecting Internet Use

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-05) today announced his support of a new legislative effort to preserve net neutrality and reverse last year’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) vote to eliminate it.

Issues:
Budget and Economy

Cooper Expands Internship Program to Include Need-Based Paid Fellowships in Nashville and Washington

Feb 21, 2018 Press Release


Summer Internship Application Period is Open Until March 16

NASHVILLE – U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-05) today announced an expansion of his internship program and encouraged eligible college students to apply for new need-based, paid summer fellowships in his offices in Nashville and Washington.

Issues:
Children and Families

TODAY AT 10 A.M. CT: Cooper to Hold Press Conference to Discuss Intensified Intelligence Warnings on Election Vulnerabilities, Including in Tennessee

Feb 16, 2018 Press Release
Event to Be Held in Congressman’s Office at 605 Church Street

NASHVILLE – After a week in Washington filled with ominous warnings from America’s top intelligence chiefs, U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-05) will return home Friday to sound a statewide alarm about Russian meddling in the 2018 midterms and specific vulnerabilities that could impact elections in Tennessee.

Issues:
National Security

Cooper Statement on Mueller Indictment & Election Interference

Feb 16, 2018 Press Release

NASHVILLE – U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-05) today issued the following statement:

Cooper Votes Against Reckless Budget Deal

Feb 9, 2018 Press Release

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-05) today issued the following statement:

Issues:
Budget and Economy

Cooper, Mayor, Election Commission Partner in High School Voter Registration Effort in Cheatham County

Feb 8, 2018 Press Release
Group Visits Three Schools, Registers Students to Vote

KINGSTON SPRINGS, Tenn. – U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-05), Cheatham County Mayor Kerry McCarver and the Cheatham County Election Commission launched an effort today in Cheatham County as part of a vigorous bid to raise youth voter registration rates across Middle Tennessee.

Issues:
Civil Rights and Equality