Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), and David Trone (D-MD), along with Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), introduced a bicameral resolution that urges the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a centralized and independent process for reviewing petitions from individuals who were unjustly or wrongfully deported from the United States.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced the Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded the city of Independence, Missouri a $7,379,648 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability & Equity (RAISE) Grant for local infrastructure improvements that will enhance pedestrian safety and ease traffic congestion in the Englewood Arts District.
(Washington, D.C.) – This month, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, was awarded the inaugural Terwilliger Bipartisanship in Housing Award by the Bipartisan Policy Center’s J. Ronald Terwilliger Center for Housing Policy during their annual Summit on Housing Supply Solutions. The J.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Sharice Davids (D-KS) announced that the State Department has selected Kansas City, Missouri as one of six locations for a new U.S. passport agency. Today’s announcement follows Cleaver and Davids’ request for Kansas City to be selected as one of the locations for a new passport agency.
(Washington, D.C.) – This week, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Ro Khanna (D-CA), James Clyburn (D-SC), and Steve Cohen (D-TN) reintroduced legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to civil rights icon Reverend James Lawson Jr., who sadly passed away earlier this month. The lawmakers intend to reintroduce the bill every Congress until it is passed into law.
(Washington, D.C.) - Today, Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Harriet Hageman (R-WY) introduced legislation that would require the United States Postal Service (USPS) to protect mail processing centers in communities throughout the nation by mandating individual studies on the consequences of consolidating or closing any such facilities, which is already required before the closure of a storefront post office, but not for Processing and Distribution Centers (P&DCs).
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05) and Sharice Davids (KS-03) visited the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Central Region Headquarters to speak with FAA leadership and jointly address local aviation workers.
(Kansas City, MO) – Last week, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) hosted Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Sandra L. Thompson and community leaders for a roundtable discussion on fair and affordable housing.
(Washington, D.C.) – On Friday, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Beth Van Duyne (R-TX) led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in urging the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to take an important step toward improving the transportation of life-saving organs.