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FOR THIS FATHER'S DAY
This Father's Day – I hope for my daughter.
Her voice was beautifully unmistakable. Her writing was unbelievably inspirational. And her life was one of suffering and triumph, pain and courage, survival and success.
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It may sound simple, but it's absolutely true. Mothers do make the world go round. I know mine did. And I miss her every day. I know my children think of their mother, my wife Dianne, each day, as they put into action the lessons she taught them as they grew up.
Today, Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II introduced legislation that will honor former President Harry S. Truman and bring national attention here at home. The legislation would rename Washington D.C.'s Union Station as the "Harry S. Truman Union Station."
In an extraordinary show of bipartisan cooperation, this legislation is cosponsored by the entire Missouri delegation in the House of Representatives, and is a companion to Senate legislation introduced by Missouri Senators Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill.
This week U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver sent a letter to US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack, requesting flexibility within the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP). He urged the Secretary to provide support for those livestock producers in Missouri applying for aid after the devastating losses suffered during the 2012 drought.
This week marked a milestone for Missouri's Fifth District, as I joined with Senators Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt, to jointly introduce legislation that will make Kansas City the only city in the nation with the distinction of having the National World War I Museum and Memorial.
Washington DC -- Congressman Cleaver and Congressman Ted Poe along with Senators Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt jointly introduced legislation today that will make Kansas City the only city in the nation with the distinction of having the National World War I Museum and Memorial.
The bill will designate the Liberty Memorial at the National World War I Museum -- as the "National World War I Museum and Memorial."
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| Congressman Cleaver tells an excited crowd about the benefits of the new Troost Pedestrian Bridge |