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(Kansas City, MO)– Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) named Christina Mahoney as his Chief of Staff, following the departure of Jennifer Taft. Christina brings sixteen years of congressional experience to the role, including fifteen years with Congressman Cleaver's office.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released a report detailing his work and achievements during 2021 on behalf of the people of the Fifth Congressional District of Missouri.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) applauded President Joe Biden's appointment of Joe Aull to be the Missouri State Executive Director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Farm Service Agency.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced the Missouri Housing Development Commission (MHDC) has voted to reallocate $50 million in Missouri's unspent emergency rental assistance funding to be made available to tenants in Jackson County and Kansas City.
(Kansas City, MO)– Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced that Missouri will soon receive more than $1.254 billion in new federal funding under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, otherwise known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
(Kansas City, MO)– Today, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Sharice Davids (D-KS) announced that five airports across the Greater Kansas City Area will soon receive more than $14 million in formula funding from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for fiscal year 2022 thanks to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, otherwise known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
(Kansas City, MO) – Yesterday, Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen announced the deployment of more than $8.7 billion in investments through the Emergency Capital Investment Program (ECIP), which includes awards to Holy Rosary Credit Union and Central Bancshares of Kansas City, two Kansas City-based Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI).
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) applauded the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement that Meg McCollister will be appointed EPA Regional Administrator for Region 7, which is tasked with protecting the environment and human health in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, and nine tribal nations. A graduate of the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law, Ms. McCollister previously served as a congressional intern in Representative Emanuel Cleaver's Washington, D.C and Kansas City offices in 2007 and 2008.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced his long-time Rural Policy Director, Kyle Wilkens, has been appointed by President Biden to be the next U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Missouri State Director. A native of Lafayette County, Missouri, Mr. Wilkens has served on Congressman Cleaver's staff since 2012, handling issues of rural infrastructure, agriculture policy, economic development, and more. Previously, Mr. Wilkens served on the staff of Congressman Ike Skelton from 2002-2011.
(Kansas City, MO) - U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) will join President Joe Biden on Air Force One as he travels to Kansas City this afternoon to discuss the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684). The President will deliver remarks on how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law delivers for Missourians by rebuilding roads and bridges, upgrading public transit, replacing water infrastructure, expanding access to broadband, and creating good-paying union jobs.