Press Releases
(Kansas City, MO) - Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II will host a Q&A meeting Friday, March 1, 2019, to discuss the rural and urban broadband digital divide. Joining Congressman Cleaver for this discussion is the newly appointed Federal Communications Commissioner and Kansas City native, Geoffrey Starks. This meeting will be open to the public.
(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy, is proud to announce that the Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2019 was included in H.J. Res.
(Washington, D.C.) - Today, Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Congressman Jim Banks, (R-IN) reintroduced The Student Loan Disclosure Modernization Act, HR 1161. The bill modernizes the Department of Education's (ED) Plain Language Disclosure Form making the form simpler for student loan borrowers to understand before signing an agreement.
(Washington, D.C.) - Today, Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Chair of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy, issued the following statement on President Trump's nomination of David Malpass, Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, to serve as President of the World Bank.
(Washington, D.C.) – Congressmen Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Sean Duffy (R-WI) today introduced the Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2019, which will enable low-income families to climb the economic ladder by reducing barriers that have trapped generations of Americans in poverty.
Today the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing entitled "Improving Retirement Security For America's Workers" in an effort to find solutions to the pension crisis facing the Central States Pension Fund (CSPF).
(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II is pleased to see that Amazon has announced Starbucks COO, Rosalind "Roz" Brewer, will be added to the company's 10-member Board of Directors following Congressional pressure to diversify its leadership. Starbucks' second-in-command and the former CEO of Sam's Club, Brewer will become the only minority on Amazon's Board.
(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II was proud to cosponsor and support the passage of H.R. 790, the Federal Civilian Workforce Pay Raise Fairness Act of 2019, which the House of Representatives approved yesterday by a vote of 259-161.
(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II has been appointed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi to serve on the new Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress. The committee was established to investigate, study, make findings, hold public hearings, and develop recommendations on modernizing Congress, including:
(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II released the following statement regarding President Trump's announcement today to end the partial government shutdown.