Press Releases
(Kansas City, MO) – United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Gregory Meeks (D-NY), along with Senators Kamala Harris (D-CA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and 5 other lawmakers, delivered a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin asking that temporary emergency measure be taken to support Minority Depository Institutions (
(Washington, D.C.) – United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), along with Representative Michael Kelly (R-PA), led 53 lawmakers in a bipartisan letter encouraging the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to extend its deadlines to allow families with dependents to receive the full amount of their Economic Impact Payment.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 266, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, with United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voting in favor of the legislation.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) called on the Department of Treasury, as well as three of the largest banks in the U.S., to modernize anti-money laundering regulations to combat banking discrimination against Muslim Americans.
(Kansas City, MO) – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced it would offer cash-strapped mortgage servicers much-needed financial relief by limiting the obligations servicers must pay to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on missed payments from single-family loans.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Wm.
(Kansas City, MO) – As Congress continues negotiations on the fourth phase of emergency coronavirus relief for the American people, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) led over 120 lawmakers in urging congressional leadership to include funding for the United States Postal Service (USPS) in the final legislation.
(Kansas City, MO) – United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Gregory Meeks (D-NY), along with Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Kamala Harris (D-CA) and over 80 of their fellow lawmakers in the U.S.
(Kansas City, MO) – United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), and Joyce Beatty (D-OH) issued a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell calling on the Fed to include minority-owned asset managers and broker deals as partners in the implementation of its capital markets and liquidity programs.
April 10, 2020