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(Washington, D.C.) – Yesterday, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor of legislation to bring down fuel costs for Missouri families by cracking down on price gouging from Big Oil companies. H.R. 7688, the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act, would take critical steps to combat excessive price increases and hold Big Oil accountable by empowering the federal government to fight artificially high fuel prices.

(Washington, D.C.) – This week, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) called on President Biden to secure infant formula supply chains by addressing the growing consolidation in the formula industry, as market monopolization has led to rising costs and regional shortages.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), along with the entire Democratic Caucus in the House of Representatives, passed multiple pieces of legislation to address the infant formula shortage that is distressing families across the country. Congressman Cleaver voted in favor of H.R. 7790, the Infant Formula Supplemental Appropriations Act, which would provide $28 million in emergency funding to give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the resources needed to remediate the shortage and ensure it never occurs again.

(Washington, D.C.) – Last night, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor of H.R. 7309, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022. The bill would strengthen the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 and make long overdue investments in our nation's workforce development programs, helping to fill job openings in Missouri's Fifth Congressional District with qualified, capable workers—which will address supply chain disruptions and lower costs for hardworking Missouri families.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Chair of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance, introduced H.R. 7733, the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program Improvement Act.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver voted to pass H.R. 2499, the Federal Firefighters Fairness Act, which would strengthen access to workers' compensation benefits for federal firefighters, including those in Missouri's Fifth Congressional District, who become injured or ill on the job. Congressman Cleaver was also a cosponsor of the legislation.

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced $225,000 in federal grant funding will go to the Westside Housing Organization, Inc. in support of efforts to develop and preserve affordable housing, revitalize and sustain neighborhoods, and create good-paying jobs in Kansas City, Missouri.

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. federal regulators announced a proposal to strengthen and modernize the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) to ensure regulated financial institutions are better servicing the credit needs of American communities, including rural, low-, and moderate-income communities. The CRA requires federally chartered or insured financial institutions to serve the needs of their respective communities in order to pass examinations conducted by federal banking regulators. Last November, U.S.