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(Washington, D.C.) – Last night, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor of S. 1605, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (NDAA). The bipartisan defense funding bill provides a pay raise and additional support to American servicemembers and their families, strengthens our national security and foreign policy apparatus, and makes critical investments in innovation and emerging technologies to ensure the U.S. maintains its position as a global leader militarily and technologically.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced Missouri will receive more than $147 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in 2022 to improve water infrastructure across the state. The funding will be provided through the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) State Revolving Fund (SRF) and will go toward removing lead pipes, upgrading aging drinking water and wastewater systems, and funding local water projects throughout Missouri.
(Kansas City, MO)– Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement after Kevin Strickland was exonerated by a judge in Missouri.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor of H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act, which will invest $1.75 trillion over ten years to meet the urgent needs of Missourians and families across the country.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) attended the White House signing ceremony of H.R. 3684, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which was officially signed into law by President Biden. The transformative bipartisan infrastructure bill will bring approximately $9 billion to Missouri to upgrade critical infrastructure across the state, including roads, bridges, drinking water systems, rural broadband, ports, airports, electric grids, public transit, and more.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced a new report from the Joint Economic Committee estimating that roughly 83,000 Child Tax Credit advance payments were sent to families in the Fifth Congressional District of Missouri in October.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and the United States Mint held a ceremony to unveil the designs of the Negro Leagues commemorative coins that will be minted in 2022.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced more than $75 million will go to helping hardworking Missouri families with energy costs this winter through the Department of Health and Human Services' Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). As American families continue to deal with the impacts of the global pandemic, LIHEAP will be able to use the funding to help more than 120,000 Missouri households stay warm this winter, cover utility costs, and pay for energy repairs.
(Kansas City, MO) – Yesterday, the Biden-Harris administration announced the details of two major workforce vaccination policies. Thanks to the administration's focus on increasing vaccination rates to combat the pandemic, 70 percent of adults in the United States are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19—up from less than one percent in January.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor of the Senate Amendment to H.R. 3684, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, otherwise known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal. The legislation was passed in the House of Representatives with bipartisan support by a vote of 228-206.