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(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), and Emilia Sykes (D-OH) introduced the End Prison Gerrymandering Act. This legislation will help ensure equal representation for all by requiring the Census Bureau to count incarcerated people at their last place of residence rather than the prison in which they are held at the time of the Census.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), and Shontel Brown (D-OH) introduced the Prison Libraries Act to expand library resources in U.S. state and territory correctional facilities to advance reintegration efforts, reduce recidivism, and increase educational opportunities for incarcerated citizens.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) introduced the Ensuring Work Opportunities in Correctional Facilities Act to support occupational training programs and educational opportunities in U.S. correctional facilities in an effort to reduce recidivism and help incarcerated citizens better prepare to successfully re-enter society. Companion legislation was introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) earlier this year.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement on the shooting of Ralph Yarl in North Kansas City.

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) called on Missouri Governor Mike Parson to protect state funding for public libraries in Missouri, following the Missouri House of Representatives’ attempt to defund local libraries across the state.

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced that the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) has awarded more than $8.7 million in grants to Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) in Kansas City, including AltCap, the Central Bank of Kansas City, and Holy Rosary Credit Union.

(Washington, D.C.) – This week, following the radical decision by a lone Texas judge in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined Representatives Pat Ryan (D-NY) and Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), along with 48 other House Democrats, to co-introduce the Protecting Reproductive Freedom Act.

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) called on Missouri Governor Mike Parson to strengthen Missouri’s education system and support student learning by boosting teacher salaries.