Cleaver Applauds Treasury IG's Inquiry Into Opportunity Zones Program

(Washington, D.C.) – United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement after the Treasury Department Inspector General announced an inquiry into the Treasury Department's Opportunity Zone program.

"I'm pleased that the Inspector General saw the validity of our request to investigate the Opportunity Zone program. It's critical that we get to the bottom of any potential wrongdoing so that the American people can be assured that the federal government is still working for them and not the select few at the top of the totem pole. I look forward to hearing from the IG in the coming months, and, in the meantime, we will continue to engage with the Treasury Secretary on how we can mend the OZ program to start working for the people and not only the powerful.

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Emanuel Cleaver, II is the U.S. Representative for Missouri's Fifth Congressional District, which includes Kansas City, Independence, Lee's Summit, Raytown, Grandview, Sugar Creek, Blue Springs, Grain Valley, Oak Grove, North Kansas City, Gladstone, Claycomo, and all of Ray, Lafayette, and Saline Counties. He is a member of the exclusive House Financial Services Committee; Chairman of the House Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy; member of the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress; member of the Committee on Homeland Security; and a Senior Whip of the Democratic Caucus. For more information, please contact Matthew Helfant at 202-225-4535 or Matthew.Helfant@mail.house.gov