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Steve Cohen

God handed his word to Moses. He didn't need the Tennessee General Assembly's help.

In 1996 the Tennessee Senate passed a resolution to post the Ten Commandments in homes, schools and businesses. Cohen was then a Senator of the Tennessee State Legislature.

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I strongly recommend that this Administration allow states that have chosen to legalize medical marijuana to enact strong regulations without fear of prosecution... Especially if we believe that, as Justice Brandeis said, states are the 'laboratories of democracy,' we should not interfere with the will of the people to enact these compassionate laws

Steve Cohen

T]he criminalization of simple possession of marijuana has resulted in increased prison populations, devastating racial disparities and a lost generation of people with no education and no job prospects because of an arrest that haunts them for the rest of their lives...

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Steve Cohen

Born: May 24, 1949
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Stephen Ira Cohen is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative from Tennessee's 9th congressional district since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes the western three-fourths of Memphis. Cohen is Tennessee's first Jewish congressman.

STEVE COHEN

(Stephen Ira Cohen)