Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, which takes decisive action to lower drug prices for American consumers. Currently, prescription drug companies are charging Americans prices that are three, four, even ten times higher than what they charge for the same drugs in other comparable countries. In the first six months of 2019, the list prices for more than 3,400 drugs increased, rising 17% from the year before.
(Washington, D.C.) – Yesterday, Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Congressman French Hill (R-AR), Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO), and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) announced that the World War I Valor Medals Review Act had been included in the House and Senate-negotiated Conference Report for the FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the statement below following the announcement that House Democrats have agreed on a deal to strengthen the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
(Washington, D.C.) – United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement after the House Judiciary Committee announced the introduction of articles of impeachment against the President of the United States.
(Washington, D.C.) – Last night, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), along with Representatives Wm. Lacy Clay (D-MO) and Joyce Beatty (D-OH), co-hosted the Midwest Banking Summit. As Chairs of three separate Financial Services Subcommittees, Cleaver, Clay and Beatty welcomed Midwestern stakeholders to hear their perspectives on financial services issues facing the region.
On Thursday, November 14th, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) sent a letter – along with a bipartisan group of Members of Congress – to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) with an urgent call to address the unsustainable levels of limited propane supplies across the Midwest. It is critical to ensure a continued supply of propane to the region as cold temperatures and snow are in the forecast and farmers face one of the most challenging harvest seasons in years.
(Washington, D.C.) – Yesterday, the Internet Association (IA) released their inaugural "Diversity & Inclusion Benchmark Report" following Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II's (D-MO) calls for greater diversity in the tech industry and discussions with the IA. The report is the association's first industry-wide survey of data regarding diversity within their workforce, and will provide a reference point for diversity workforce data moving forward.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) hosted a panel entitled "Tech Meets Law: How Big Tech is Diversifying Representation and Promoting Diversity in Law." During the panel, attendees were given an opportunity to hear from legal diversity advocates and in-house counsel from select tech companies to learn about the challenges and potential solutions to making substantive improvements to diversity and inclusion in the legal profession.
(Washington, D.C.) – Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed multiple bills championed and cosponsored by United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), including H.R. 4634, which reauthorizes the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) for 7 years. Congressman Cleaver has been a key leader in Congress on TRIA reauthorization, hosting a roundtable on TRIA in May of this year in Kansas City, and, as Chairman of the Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, he was an original sponsor of H.R. 4634.
(Washington, D.C.) – Last night, H.R. 4403, the Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act of 2019, was passed out of the Financial Services Committee unanimously in a vote of 54 to 0. The legislation was introduced by United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and would protect American consumers from predatory debt collection abuses by closing federal loopholes and bolstering consumer protections. Congressman French Hill (R-AK) was the Republican sponsor of the bill.