Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) introduced H.R. 6457, the Disaster and Emergency Pricing Abuse Prevention Act, to combat predatory price gouging tactics, which have surged during the coronavirus pandemic. Cleaver's bill would prohibit excessive and unjustified price increases in the sale of essential goods and services in anticipation of, during, or immediately following a pandemic, natural disaster, or state of emergency. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) has sponsored and introduced the same bill in the U.S. Senate.
(Kansas City, MO) - United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Wm. Lacy Clay (D-MO) have called for the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a national hotline for financial institutions and borrowers seeking to access the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a lending program created with passage of the CARES Act last month. Cleaver and Clay also called for an immediate all-member congressional briefing from the SBA and Treasury Department to answer questions congressional offices have received regarding the newfound program.
(Kansas City, MO) - Today, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) urged Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to provide Kansas City with direct funding from the $150 billion COVID-19 Relief Fund set up for states and major cities under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, the House of Representatives passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to provide critical funding to our national healthcare system and much-needed economic relief to American workers and small businesses dealing with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) applauded passage of the historic legislation, which will now go to the President's desk for signature.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), along with the entire Missouri congressional delegation, sent a letter urging President Trump to support Missouri's disaster declaration request, so the state may adequately respond to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The disaster declaration must be approved before the state can access critically important federal funding.
In the letter, the lawmakers wrote:
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) sent a letter to the Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) calling on the payments industry's leading trade association to adopt terms and conditions against price gouging for their member organizations to follow.
In the letter, Congressman Cleaver wrote:
(Washington, D.C.) - Yesterday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced H.R. 6379, the Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act, to provide monumental relief to the American people and businesses facing economic hardship during the coronavirus pandemic. H.R. 6326, the COVID-19 Emergency Housing Relief Act of 2020, a bill introduced by United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), was included in the Speaker's stimulus package.
(Kansas City, MO) – United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) has called on Congressional leadership to include support for religious institutions and nonprofits in any final coronavirus aid package. In a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Cleaver wrote:
(Kansas City, MO) - Yesterday, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) held a conference call with Hospital Administrators and CEOs within the Fifth Congressional District of Missouri to discuss the Novel Coronavirus. The call centered on what the hospitals are seeing on the ground, how their supply stockpiles are holding up, and what they need from the federal government.
(Kansas City, MO) – Last night, following a call between United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Chuck Rettig and Deputy Commissioners for Operations, the IRS sent new guidance to field offices around the country to allow more federal workers to telework and take Safety Leave, while implementing stricter social distancing protocols for essential employees who continue work from the field offices.