Press Releases

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined local public officials, community leaders, and advocates to denounce the rise in racism and violence against America's AAPI community, and to stand in solidarity with the AAPI community of Kansas City in the wake of this week's mass shooting in the Atlanta area.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor of two landmark pieces of legislation to modernize our immigration system and secure permanent protections and a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who are, and will continue to be, critical to America's economic recovery. H.R.

(Washington, D.C.) – Yesterday, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined over 240 lawmakers in the House of Representatives to pass H.R. 1620, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021, also known as VAWA. This bipartisan legislation would reauthorize and update VAWA to ensure safety, justice, and dignity for America's women.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, the House of Representatives passed H.J.Res. 17, a joint resolution to remove an arbitrary deadline previously imposed by Congress for individual States to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) introduced the Broadband Justice Act of 2021 to expand affordable broadband access to millions of families living in federally subsidized housing.

(Kansas City, MO) – Yesterday, United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Sam Graves (R-MO), and Sharice Davids (D-KS), along with Senators Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Jerry Moran (R-KS), applauded the U.S.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, the House of Representatives passed the Senate Amendment to H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act, sending the $1.9 trillion relief package to be signed into law by President Biden.