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July 8, 2021

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest $910,000 to upgrade Grain Valley's water distribution system to ensure the city's growing population has access to reliable clean drinking water.

July 6, 2021

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced that hardworking Missourians throughout the State have received over 3.1 million Economic Impact Payments totaling more than $7.5 billion in 2021.

July 1, 2021

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor of the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation (INVEST) in America Act, which passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 221-201.

June 30, 2021

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted for H. Res. 503, a resolution establishing the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol.

June 29, 2021

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) applauded the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for providing a $2.85 million grant to the Kansas City Health Department to identify and implement best practices for improving health literacy to enhance COVID-19 vaccination and other mitigation practices among underserved populations.

June 28, 2021

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined Reps. David Trone (D-MD), Cori Bush (D-MO), Ann Wagner (R-MO), along with Senators Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), to send a letter to the Chair of the Board of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, urging the induction of three-time All-Star Curt Flood into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

June 28, 2021

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) applauded the United States Department of Transportation's (USDOT) allocation of $3.3 million to the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) to purchase electric buses. This investment will aid in the KCATA's effort to shift towards a cleaner, more energy efficient transit system.

June 25, 2021

(Washington, D.C.) – Yesterday, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined Reps. Steven Horsford (D-NV), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), James E.

June 25, 2021

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Jim Banks (R-IN), along with Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Tim Scott (R-SC), called for Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to direct the U.S.

June 21, 2021

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) is highlighting that advance monthly payments of the Child Tax Credit of up to $300 per month per child will begin hitting the bank accounts of Missouri families on July 15th and continue through December of this year.