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WASHINGTON – The U.S. House this week passed a bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-5) and U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg (MI-7) that would require the federal government to highlight ways to eliminate duplicative programs.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-5) today announced that Keenan Reynolds, a former Heisman Trophy candidate and an Antioch native, is his guest to President Obama’s final State of the Union.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-5) today issued a statement after President Obama vetoed a Republican bill that would defund the Affordable Care Act and Planned Parenthood.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-5) today made the following statement:
“President Obama is doing exactly what he said he would do if Congress continued to ignore mass shootings,” Rep. Cooper said. “These seem like common-sense reforms. Congress has refused to act, so I am not surprised that the President has taken the initiative.”
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-5) praised funding for a new federal courthouse in Nashville, culminating an effort that began when authorities deemed the existing courthouse “inadequate” more than two decades ago.
Cooper applauded Sen. Lamar Alexander, a Tennessee member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, for his leadership.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-05) today issued the following statement after the Senate confirmed Travis McDonough as a U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-05) headed a congressional effort this month to fund a new federal courthouse in Nashville.
Led by Cooper, the Congressional Courthouse Caucus and much of Tennessee’s congressional delegation sent separate letters to the top Members of the House Appropriations Committee, which determines how money is allocated to federal projects.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-05) issued the following statement on H.R. 4038, the American SAFE Act:
“America has always welcomed refugees and should continue to do so. Today’s vote won’t change that tradition,” Rep. Cooper said. “This bill merely reinforces existing law that refugees not pose a threat to the U.S.”
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-05) today spoke out against remarks made by several Tennessee state legislators regarding refugees.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-05) today voted for the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, a bill that averts default and lessens the blow of across-the-board spending cuts.