Press Releases

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced that the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) has awarded more than $8.7 million in grants to Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) in Kansas City, including AltCap, the Central Bank of Kansas City, and Holy Rosary Credit Union.

(Washington, D.C.) – This week, following the radical decision by a lone Texas judge in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined Representatives Pat Ryan (D-NY) and Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), along with 48 other House Democrats, to co-introduce the Protecting Reproductive Freedom Act.

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) called on Missouri Governor Mike Parson to strengthen Missouri’s education system and support student learning by boosting teacher salaries.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and J. Luis Correa (D-CA) led a cohort of 34 House Democrats calling on Congress to establish an independent, centralized unit within the Department of Homeland Security to review cases of unjust deportation.

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement after Donald Trump was formally indicted by a grand jury in New York.

“The keystone to our democracy and the freedoms we cherish so dearly is the rule of law, administered equally to all people, no matter their position or personal attributes.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, and Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Financial Services, called for increased investments and critical reforms in federal rural housing programs to provide support to rural residents in Missouri and across the country.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Sam Graves (R-MO) welcomed news from the United States Postal Service (USPS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) that they will commence an audit of delayed mail and delivery operations in the Northland and Kansas City area.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Sam Graves (R-MO) wrote United States Postmaster General Louis DeJoy requesting the Postmaster General personally host a listening session in Kansas City to hear complaints directly from area residents about the Postal Service’s failure to provide reliable mail delivery six days per week as required by the Postal Service Reform Act and lay out a plan for the agency to address these deficiencies.