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Yesterday, as it sometimes happens, I was on television for a little bit to talk about the issues of the day. I was on two very different shows, with two very different hosts, and two different audiences. I like to do that—to talk with people who think differently than I do. And my staff told me that many of you called my Washington office to say thank you. One man said that he didn't agree with me on much, but he liked seeing me on a channel he watches. It meant something to him that I was willing to do that. It means a lot to me, too.
Although these weekly missives are intended for 435 Members, this writing is directed more to the 58 newly elected Representatives.
A young rooster, feeling his oats, challenged the ruling rooster. The fight was a blood-letting; they fought savagely. Finally, the older rooster slipped away, defeated, into the hen house. The conqueror, full of exuberance, made his way to the top of the house. He began his victory strut, crowing at the top of his lungs, "cock-a-doodle-doo!"
In a letter to the White House, Congressman Cleaver urged President Obama to include $4.7 billion for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in the President's Fiscal Year 2016 budget.
Today, Congressman Cleaver sent a letter to President Obama supporting the inclusion of body cameras and community policing in the upcoming President's Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2016.
KANSAS CITY, MO – Congressman Cleaver is pleased to announce that yesterday, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) unveiled their intent to allow Southwest Airlines to permanently operate a route from Kansas City International Airport (MCI) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). The airline had previously been running a daily nonstop flight between the two cities on a temporary basis, since February 1, 2014. Frontier Airlines had previously operated this route before its sale in January.
The "Cam Act" Requires State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies Who Receive DOJ Grants Have Their Officers Wear a Body Camera.
Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II has introduced The "Camera Authorization and Maintenance Act of 2014" or the "CAM Act," a bill to encourage police officers to wear a body camera.
I shall never forget the question someone asked our sixth grade science teacher: "Mr. Freeman, why is it that we can't kill all the flies around our House?" The teacher responded that there are way more flies than people. Each female fly, he said, lays about 150 eggs, three times a month during the summer. The eggs hatch and bring forth similar numbers and the beat goes on and on and on.
CONGRESSMAN CLEAVER HELPS LEAD THE WAY FOR CHANGE
Kansas City - Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II, Missouri's Fifth District Representative, is bringing further national recognition to our area, and to the groundbreaking work being done at the Liberty Memorial and National World War I Museum.
For years, the Congressman has successfully led the effort to get the appropriate designation for the Liberty Memorial – soon to be known as America's National World War I Museum and Memorial.