Press Releases
Missouri's Fifth District - This is an important day, not just for women throughout Missouri's Fifth District, but for all Americans. Today marks the Fifth Anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. This law, at its core, is built on the notion of equal pay for women, providing basic protection against pay discrimination, and making sure women get their day in court if treated unfairly.
Kansas City – Congressman Cleaver is urging the Speaker of the House to let Members vote immediately on extending emergency unemployment insurance. Twice now Republicans have voted against House Democrats' efforts to be allowed to vote on the extension.
Kansas City - Comments from Congressman Cleaver, U.S. Representative from Missouri's Fifth District, regarding the 50th Anniversary of the War on Poverty, declared by President Lyndon Johnson during the State of the Union address in 1964:
"I have performed weddings and funerals for Ike and his family, and loved him dearly," said U.S. Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II. "There is nothing as strong as gentleness, and nothing as gentle as pure strength. Ike was all of that and more. Public service was a part of his very soul and the world is a colder place tonight."
Kansas City --- The government of the United States of America is closed.
Today, Tuesday, October 1, 2013, Congress has failed to adequately fund the federal government and forced the shutdown of federal agencies. With that comes needless confusion, uncertainty, and harm to all Americans, including public servants and their families, and increasing costs for the taxpayer.
Kansas City – September 19th – Missouri’s Fifth District Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II, will be flying on Air Force One with the President tomorrow morning from Washington DC to Kansas City. The President and Congressman Cleaver will travel to the Ford Kansas City Stamping Plant in Liberty, where the President will continue to highlight economic progress throughout the country.
Kansas City – September 13th – Missouri’s Fifth District took center stage today as the Commissioners of the newly-formed World War I Centennial Commission took the oath of office.
Former Congressman Ike Skelton (appointed to the Commission by President Obama) was elected Chair of the Centennial Commission.
Kansas City – Today, for the 38th time, the House of Representatives will vote to repeal all or part of the Affordable Care Act.
“Again and again we are focusing on something that has no hope of going anywhere,” said U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II. “Instead of creating jobs, growing the economy, and strengthening the middle class, we are wasting time on a misguided effort to dismantle a program that is helping millions of people across the country.”
Kansas City – Today Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II, and Kansas City Police Chief Darryl Forte announced the first statistics on the new ShotSpotter crime-fighting system.
“My intention in securing funding for this program has always been to give law enforcement another tool in their arsenal against crime,” said U.S. Representative Cleaver. “I am pleased to know ShotSpotter is having such a profound impact on fighting crime, prosecuting cases, and building bridges of trust between officers and the community.”