Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Last night, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor a H.R. 5305, the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement on the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) introduced the Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area (FFNHA) for another 15 years. Established in 2006, the FFNHA is one of 55 National Heritage Areas throughout the United States and focuses on generating economic activity and increasing tourism in Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas by promoting and raising awareness of the region's history.
(Washington, D.C.)– Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the $3.5 trillion budget resolution, which allows for the budget reconciliation process to begin.
(Washington, D.C.)– Today, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Sam Graves (R-MO), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Jason Smith (R-MO), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Ann Wagner (R-MO), and Billy Long (R-MO), along with U.S.
(Kansas City, MO)– Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement on the situation in Afghanistan.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced a new study from the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) showing the expanded Child Tax Credit delivered more than $293 million to Missouri families in July. The historic tax cut for working families—included in the American Rescue Plan supported by Congressman Cleaver—benefited more than 1.1 million children in the Show-Me state with families receiving an average payment of $444.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined the Kansas City Council's Finance, Governance, and Public Safety Committee and testified in support of a proposed plan to bolster access to, and disbursement of, necessary emergency rental assistance (ERA) funds to Kansas Citians seeking assistance.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced the introduction of H.R. 4949, a bipartisan bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal—the highest civilian award bestowed by Congress—to over 220 American women who served as telephone operators with the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War I. The "Hello Girls" were the first female soldiers to be deployed to a combat zone and were instrumental in the war effort in France throughout WWI.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Chair of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance, announced the introduction of the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Act of 2021. The legislation supports locally driven strategies to revitalize underserved neighborhoods by making permanent the Choice Neighborhoods grant program at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) introduced companion legislation in the Senate.