Press Releases

(Kansas City, MO) - U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) will join President Joe Biden on Air Force One as he travels to Kansas City this afternoon to discuss the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684). The President will deliver remarks on how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law delivers for Missourians by rebuilding roads and bridges, upgrading public transit, replacing water infrastructure, expanding access to broadband, and creating good-paying union jobs.

(Washington, D.C.) – Last night, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor of S. 1605, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (NDAA). The bipartisan defense funding bill provides a pay raise and additional support to American servicemembers and their families, strengthens our national security and foreign policy apparatus, and makes critical investments in innovation and emerging technologies to ensure the U.S. maintains its position as a global leader militarily and technologically.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced Missouri will receive more than $147 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in 2022 to improve water infrastructure across the state. The funding will be provided through the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) State Revolving Fund (SRF) and will go toward removing lead pipes, upgrading aging drinking water and wastewater systems, and funding local water projects throughout Missouri.

(Kansas City, MO)– Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement after Kevin Strickland was exonerated by a judge in Missouri.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor of H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act, which will invest $1.75 trillion over ten years to meet the urgent needs of Missourians and families across the country.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) attended the White House signing ceremony of H.R. 3684, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which was officially signed into law by President Biden. The transformative bipartisan infrastructure bill will bring approximately $9 billion to Missouri to upgrade critical infrastructure across the state, including roads, bridges, drinking water systems, rural broadband, ports, airports, electric grids, public transit, and more.

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced a new report from the Joint Economic Committee estimating that roughly 83,000 Child Tax Credit advance payments were sent to families in the Fifth Congressional District of Missouri in October.

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and the United States Mint held a ceremony to unveil the designs of the Negro Leagues commemorative coins that will be minted in 2022.