Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO-05) and Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) will hold a press conference in Jefferson City, Missouri, on their legislation that was recently signed into law by President Obama. The legislation will reform housing policies in America for the first time in decades. This bi-partisan effort has been a long time coming. Their bill, H.R.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, H.R. 3700, The Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act, successfully passed through the Senate. This bill, sponsored by Missouri Congressmen Emanuel Cleaver, II and Blaine Luetkemeyer, passed unanimously in the House on February 2, 2016.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO-05) released the following statement today after this week’s violence in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Dallas, Texas:
KANSAS CITY, MO – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05) will hold a Twitter town hall meeting at approximately 3:30 p.m.CDT/4:30 EDT on Thursday, June 30, 2016, to answer any questions related to mass gun violence prevention legislation.
WASHINGTON, DC - The following is the full text of Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II's (MO-05) speech delivered on the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, during the historic sit-in to end mass gun violence in this country.
WASHINGTON, DC– Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO-05) released the following statement today in support of the sit-in on the House Floor, led by Georgia Congressman John Lewis, in support of taking action against mass gun violence and demanding a vote in the House of Representatives:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO-5) and Congressional Black Caucus Chair, G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) submitted a letter to the CEO of Airbnb, Inc., Brian Chesky.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) recently submitted a letter to the Department of Labor asking for technology companies that hold sizable government contracts to develop written affirmative-action programs.