Press Releases

(Washington, D.C.) – This week, United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Al Green (D-TX), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Wm. Lacy Clay (D-MO), and Joyce Beatty (D-OH) introduced H. Res. 946, recognizing April as Fair Housing Month.

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, on International Workers Day, United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), and 46 Members of Congress called on the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide transparency and guidance to ensure workers are protected as they continue to operate in meat processing facilities. This effort comes after an Executive Order classifying these plants as critical infrastructure, forcing them to remain in operation.

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Monetary Policy, and Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Consumer Protections & Financial Institutions, along with 17 fellow lawmakers, including United States Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), called for an investigation into potential criminal misconduct at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Jim Hagedorn (R-MN), Dusty Johnson (R-AL), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) and 48 additional members sent a letter to President Donald Trump requesting improvements to pork producer aid offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). Additionally, the letter requests support by opening up existing programs for pork producers.

(Kansas City, MO) – Following an Executive Order classifying meat processing plants as critical infrastructure that will force them to remain in operation, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) has called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide a plan that ensures workers can safely operate in these facilities.

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Representatives Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Chair of the House Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight and Department Operations, and Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, along with 140 colleagues in both the House and Senate, in urging Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai to work directly with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S.

(Kansas City, MO) – United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver II (D-MO), a member of the Committee on Homeland Security, joined Democratic membership of the committee in requesting the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) examine healthcare disparities exposed by the Coronavirus Pandemic.

Lawmakers urged the OIG to probe HHS's efforts to eliminate socioeconomic, racial and ethnic healthcare disparities and provide recommendations to address them moving forward.

(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 (MDIs) and Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) in their ability to serve small businesses, low- and moderate-income communities, and communities of color that have been disproportionat