Press Releases

(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Congressman Luke Messer (R-IN) introduced The Student Loan Disclosure Modernization Act, H.R. 4119, today. This new bill would modernize the Department of Education's (ED) "Plain Language Disclosure Form" to make it easier for students to read and understand.

(Washington D.C.) - Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II announced the initial findings of his Small Business Fintech investigation launched in June. The initial findings underscore the need to safeguard against discriminatory pricing on loan products for minority-owned small businesses.

(Kansas City, MO) – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II calls the latest cuts on health care subsidies a mistake that will affect millions of low to moderate-income Americans.

Recent media reports state that the White House administration has decided it will not continue to pay the monthly cost-sharing subsidies to insurance companies included in the Affordable Care Act, (ACA) worth an estimated $7 billion in 2017.

(Washington D.C.) – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II spoke before the full Financial Services Committee hearing this morning on Capitol Hill. U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development Secretary, Ben Carson appeared before the committee to discuss public housing needs. The hearing was entitled "The Future of Housing in America: Oversight of the Department of Housing and Urban Development".

(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II released the following statement today regarding President Donald Trump's signed executive order on health care.

(Washington, D.C.) – On October 3, 2017, Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) sent a letter to Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, expressing their concerns with the social networking platform's role in ‘propagating hate and undermining democracy' and company leadership's inaction to address the gravity of these issues.

(Washington, D.C.) - Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II released the following statement in regards to the mass shooting that took place last night in Las Vegas, Nevada.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II joined 144 Members of Congress in signing a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to provide additional assets to those suffering from the aftermaths of a devastating hurricane. Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands were directly hit by Hurricane Maria resulting in several days of widespread power outages and reduced telecommunications.