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Rep. Cleaver Joins 159 Lawmakers in Condemning Any Effort by Trump Administration to Privatize USPS
March 12, 2025
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(Washington, D.C.) – This week, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined Representative Nikki Budzinski (D-IL) and 158 members of Congress in condemning any effort by the Trump Administration to privatize the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). In a letter to President Trump, the lawmakers expressed strong concern over his proposal to fire the USPS Board of Governors and merge the Postal Service into the Department of Commerce.
Issues:Holding the White House Accountable
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Congressman Cleaver’s Statement on Vote Against GOP’s Extremely Partisan Continuing Resolution
March 11, 2025
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(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement after voting against House Republicans’ extremely partisan Continuing Resolution (CR) that would cut nearly $23 billion in veterans’ benefits, slash funding for healthcare and affordable housing, and enable DOGE to continue cutting essential services and public servants without congressional input.
Issues:Holding the White House Accountable
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Cleaver, Warren, Warnock Re-Introduce Comprehensive Bill to Lower Housing Costs and Address Housing Crisis
March 11, 2025
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(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, along with U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, and Raphael Warnock (D-GA), re-introduced the comprehensive American Housing and Economic Mobility Act to address our nation’s housing crisis.

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Reps. Cleaver, Lawler Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Expand Access to Rental Assistance Program for Affordable Housing
March 7, 2025
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(Washington, D.C.) – Yesterday, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, and Mike Lawler (R-NY) introduced their Choice in Affordable Housing Act to improve the federal government’s largest rental assistance program. The bipartisan bill would make it easier to access Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) – often referred to as Section 8 vouchers – and attract and retain landlords to participate in the program.

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Congressional Public Housing Caucus Condemns Efforts that would Decimate Public Housing, Calls for Analysis Justifying Draconian Cuts
March 6, 2025
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(Washington, D.C.) – This week, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), and Ritchie Torres (D-NY), co-chairs of the Congressional Public Housing Caucus, condemned efforts by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Trump Administration to eliminate HUD initiatives, programs and personnel essential to public housing.
Issues:Holding the White House Accountable
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Rep. Cleaver’s Statement on Trump Administration’s Shameful Meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy
February 28, 2025
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(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), member of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, which monitors human rights and international cooperation in the 57 countries of the OSCE, released the following statement after the Trump Administration’s shameful meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this afternoon.
Issues:Holding the White House Accountable
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Congressman Cleaver Hosts Medicaid Listening Session With Health Care Providers
February 28, 2025
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(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO-05) held a listening session with a dedicated collective of health care providers who are at the frontlines of delivering care to the region’s most vulnerable communities. The discussion gave providers an opportunity to share their concerns about the Republican-led budget cuts to Medicaid and the devastating consequences these cuts will have on the health care system, and for thousands of local children, seniors, and individuals with disabilities.
Issues:Holding the White House Accountable
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Reps. Cleaver, Fletcher, Williams Introduce Legislation to Help Heirs’ Property Landowners Prove Ownership and Receive Disaster Relief
February 28, 2025
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(Washington, D.C.) – This week, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO-05), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), and Nikema Williams (GA-05) introduced a two-bill legislative package seeking to assist heirs’ property owners seeking assistance with disaster relief, clearing title, and estate planning. Heirs’ property is family land inherited without a will or legal documentation of ownership.

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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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