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Congressman Cleaver Joins 84 House Democrats in Urging Trump Administration to End the Gag on Public Health Communications and Act Swiftly to Address Worsening Bird Flu Outbreak
February 27, 2025
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(Washington, D.C.) – This week, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), along with Rep. Rosa DeLauro and 83 other House Democrats, called on the Trump Administration to undo their move to restrict federal agencies’ communications and collaboration
Issues:Holding the White House Accountable
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Congressman Cleaver Warns of Impact of Trump Administration’s Federal Funding Freeze on Missouri Agriculture, Calls on USDA to Restore Funding for Local Projects
February 26, 2025
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(Washington, D.C.) – This week, following the termination of a federal grant to the Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council and the shutdown of a soybean research project in Missouri after the Trump Administration’s chaotic and harmful federal funding freeze, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver is warning of the impact the Administration’s executive actions are having on Missouri’s agricultural industry.
Issues:Holding the White House Accountable
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Congressman Cleaver Votes against Republican Budget Bill That Would Gut Medicaid, SNAP, and other Essential Services to Fund Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
February 26, 2025
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(Washington, D.C.) – Last night, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted against House Republicans’ reckless budget scheme that enables the gutting of Medicaid, SNAP, and other vital government services to fund another round of tax cuts that overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest Americans and largest corporations.
Issues:Holding the White House Accountable
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Rep. Cleaver Re-Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Protect Postal Processing Facilities
February 25, 2025
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(Washington, D.C.) – This week, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Harriet Hageman (R-WY) re-introduced the Postal Processing Protection Act to protect postal processing facilities from being shut down. The bipartisan legislation would require the United States Postal Service (USPS) to follow the same standards for closing or consolidating sorting, distribution, or processing facilities as it does for storefront post offices under existing law. Companion legislation was introduced in the U.S.

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Reps. Cleaver, Lynch, Meeks, Torres Launch Congressional Public Housing Caucus
February 24, 2025
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(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO-05), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, Stephen Lynch (MA-08), Gregory Meeks (NY-05), and Ritchie Torres (NY-15) announced the establishment of the Congressional Public Housing Caucus (CPHC).

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Congressman Cleaver Joins More than 100 House Democrats in Pushing Federal Agencies to Regain Order, Renounce Musk Chaos
February 24, 2025
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(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II, along with more than 100 other House Democrats, demanded that the heads of 24 federal agencies immediately clarify to their agencies that federal employees do not have to respond to Elon Musk’s ill-conceived, reckless email and that nonresponse does not constitute resignation.
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Congressman Cleaver Condemns Firing of Federal Workers in Kansas City
February 20, 2025
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(Kansas City, MO) – Today, after expressing strong opposition to the Trump Administration about federal layoffs in Kansas City, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver released the following statement condemning the Trump Administration’s directive to fire approximately 100 federal workers at the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Kansas City campus.
Issues:Holding the White House Accountable
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Rep. Cleaver Hosts Listening Session with Federal Workers and Local Labor Unions Impacted by the Trump Administration’s Assault on the Federal Workforce
February 14, 2025
Press Release
(Washington, D.C.) – Yesterday, in an effort to hear directly from those impacted, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) hosted a listening session with federal workers and local labor unions from Missouri’s Fifth Congressional District to discuss the Trump Administration’s assault on the federal workforce and actions by President Trump and Elon Musk to undermine federal agencies and labor protections for civil servants.
Issues:Holding the White House Accountable
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Reps. Cleaver, Tlaib, Lee Introduce Justice For All Civil Rights Act
February 13, 2025
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(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO-05), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), and Summer Lee (PA-12), introduced the Justice For All Act of 2025, legislation that pushes back against decades of conservative court rulings to restore the original intent of our civil rights laws by reaffirming the availability of discrimination claims based on disparate impact.

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Rep. Cleaver and House Democrats Question Trump Administration’s “Deferred Resignation” Proposal to Gut the Federal Workforce
February 12, 2025
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(Washington, D.C.) – This week, in an effort to gather more information and understand the gravity of the sweeping effects of losing tens of thousands of federal employees, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver joined Reps. Jill Tokuda (D-HI) and Steny Hoyer (D-MD), along with 47 House Democrats, to demand information regarding the impact of the Trump Administration’s “deferred resignation” proposal.
Issues:Holding the White House Accountable
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