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(Kansas City, MO) – Today, United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Sharice Davids (D-KS) announced over $90.9 million in American Rescue Plan funding will go toward supporting transit projects in the Greater Kansas City Area. The funding includes a $24.7 million Capital Investment Grant for the Kansas City Streetcar Main Street Extension Project, which ensures the project is now fully funded.

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced that four Community Health Centers in the Fifth Congressional District of Missouri will receive over $20.8 million from the American Rescue Plan to expand access to COVID-19 vaccination, testing, and treatment operations. The funding comes from the American Rescue Plan's investments in expanding access to coronavirus vaccines in underserved communities, something Congressman Cleaver has been advocating for since the beginning of the pandemic.

(Washington, D.C.) – United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) led more than 30 of their colleagues in a letter urging the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) to work with the housing appraisal industry to address disparities in home valuations for communities of color.

(Washington, D.C.) – The House Committee on Homeland Security favorably reported H.R. 1877, the Security Screening During COVID-19 Act, out of committee last week. The bipartisan legislation, which was introduced by United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), would direct the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to issue and begin implementing a plan to enhance security operations during the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce the spread of the virus among TSA employees and airline passengers. The bill will soon go to the House Floor for a vote.

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined local public officials, community leaders, and advocates to denounce the rise in racism and violence against America's AAPI community, and to stand in solidarity with the AAPI community of Kansas City in the wake of this week's mass shooting in the Atlanta area.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor of two landmark pieces of legislation to modernize our immigration system and secure permanent protections and a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who are, and will continue to be, critical to America's economic recovery. H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act, which Cleaver was a cosponsor of, would provide relief to roughly 700,000 Dreamers, in addition to many Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) holders. H.R.

(Washington, D.C.) – Yesterday, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined over 240 lawmakers in the House of Representatives to pass H.R. 1620, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021, also known as VAWA. This bipartisan legislation would reauthorize and update VAWA to ensure safety, justice, and dignity for America's women.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, the House of Representatives passed H.J.Res. 17, a joint resolution to remove an arbitrary deadline previously imposed by Congress for individual States to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor of the resolution, which was passed with bipartisan support and will now go to the U.S. Senate.