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March 11, 2025
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement after voting against House Republicans’ extremely partisan Continuing Resolution (CR) that would cut nearly $23 billion in veterans’ benefits, slash funding for healthcare and affordable housing, and enable DOGE to continue cutting essential services and public servants without congressional input.
March 11, 2025

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, along with U.S.

March 7, 2025

(Washington, D.C.) – Yesterday, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, and Mike Lawler (R-NY) introduced their Choice in Affordable Housing Act to improve the federal government’s largest rental assistance program.

March 6, 2025
(Washington, D.C.) – This week, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), and Ritchie Torres (D-NY), co-chairs of the Congressional Public Housing Caucus, condemned efforts by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Trump Administration to eliminate HUD initiatives, programs and personnel essential to public housing.
February 28, 2025
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), member of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, which monitors human rights and international cooperation in the 57 countries of the OSCE, released the following statement after the Trump Administration’s shameful meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this afternoon.
February 28, 2025
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO-05) held a listening session with a dedicated collective of health care providers who are at the frontlines of delivering care to the region’s most vulnerable communities. The discussion gave providers an opportunity to share their concerns about the Republican-led budget cuts to Medicaid and the devastating consequences these cuts will have on the health care system, and for thousands of local children, seniors, and individuals with disabilities.
February 27, 2025
(Washington, D.C.) – This week, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), along with Rep. Rosa DeLauro and 83 other House Democrats, called on the Trump Administration to undo their move to restrict federal agencies’ communications and collaboration
February 26, 2025
(Washington, D.C.) – This week, following the termination of a federal grant to the Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council and the shutdown of a soybean research project in Missouri after the Trump Administration’s chaotic and harmful federal funding freeze, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver is warning of the impact the Administration’s executive actions are having on Missouri’s agricultural industry.
February 26, 2025
(Washington, D.C.) – Last night, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted against House Republicans’ reckless budget scheme that enables the gutting of Medicaid, SNAP, and other vital government services to fund another round of tax cuts that overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest Americans and largest corporations.