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(Kansas City, MO)– Today, U.S.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement one year after the attack on American democracy on January 6, 2021.
(Kansas City, MO)– Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) named Christina Mahoney as his Chief of Staff, following the departure of Jennifer Taft. Christina brings sixteen years of congressional experience to the role, including fifteen years with Congressman Cleaver's office.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released a report detailing his work and achievements during 2021 on behalf of the people of the Fifth Congressional District of Missouri.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) applauded President Joe Biden's appointment of Joe Aull to be the Missouri State Executive Director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Farm Service Agency.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced the Missouri Housing Development Commission (MHDC) has voted to reallocate $50 million in Missouri's unspent emergency rental assistance funding to be made available to tenants in Jackson County and Kansas City.
(Kansas City, MO)– Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced that Missouri will soon receive more than $1.254 billion in new federal funding under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, otherwise known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
(Kansas City, MO)– Today, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Sharice Davids (D-KS) announced that five airports across the Greater Kansas City Area will soon receive more than $14 million in formula funding from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for fiscal year 2022 thanks to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, otherwise known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
(Kansas City, MO) – Yesterday, Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen announced the deployment of more than $8.7 billion in investments through the Emergency Capital Investment Program (ECIP), which includes awards to Holy Rosary Credit Union and Central Bancshares of Kansas City, two Kansas City-based Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI).
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) applauded the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement that Meg McCollister will be appointed EPA Regional Administrator for Region 7, which is tasked with protecting the environment and human health in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, and nine tribal nations. A graduate of the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law, Ms. McCollister previously served as a congressional intern in Representative Emanuel Cleaver's Washington, D.C and Kansas City offices in 2007 and 2008.