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(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.

(Kansas City, MO) – This week, the U.S. Department of Energy announced selections for the Low Greenhouse Gas funding opportunity, which will award $171 million to fund 20 research, development, and demonstration projects aimed at accelerating the expansion of electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure and creating solutions to reduce emissions from on- and off-road vehicles. U.S.