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(Kansas City, MO) – Yesterday, United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Sam Graves (R-MO), and Sharice Davids (D-KS), along with Senators Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Jerry Moran (R-KS), applauded the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) announcement that it would restore 500 positions that had been eliminated due to financial constraints and the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement comes after a year-long bipartisan effort from lawmakers to protect jobs and ensure continuity of operations at USCIS facilities in the Greater Kansas City Metro Area.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, the House of Representatives passed the Senate Amendment to H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act, sending the ambitious relief package to be signed into law by President Biden. Included in the American Rescue PlanAct was H.R. 1682, a bill introduced by United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), providing emergency rural housing assistance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, the House of Representatives passed the Senate Amendment to H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act, sending the $1.9 trillion relief package to be signed into law by President Biden. United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) once again supported the proposal to fund a national coronavirus vaccination program, provide financial relief to American families, support small businesses, safely get children back in schools, enhance nutrition and rental assistance, assist state and local governments, and more.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Chair of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance, released the following statement supporting the confirmation of Marcia Fudge as Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor of H.R. 842, the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. This comprehensive labor legislation would enact protections that safeguard workers' right to stand together to negotiate for fairer wages, safer workplaces, and better benefits. The bipartisan bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 225-206.
(Washington, D.C.) – Last night, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined with 219 House lawmakers to pass H.R. 1, the For The People Act. The sweeping anti-corruption package would reform our democratic institutions to clean up Washington, protect and expand voting rights, restore integrity to government, and put the needs and priorities of the American people ahead of special interests.
(Washington, D.C.) – Last night, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor of H.R. 1280, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. The transformative legislation would reimagine the culture of policing in the United States with significant reforms to curb police brutality, end racial profiling, eliminate qualified immunity for law enforcement and build greater trust between law enforcement and communities across the country.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), along with Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), introduced the Restructuring Environmentally Sound Pensions In Order to Negate Disaster (RESPOND) Act.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced Haydin Brady as his new District Communications Coordinator.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor of H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act, to combat the coronavirus pandemic and provide desperately needed financial relief to American families, workers, and small businesses. Based on President Biden's proposal unveiled last month, the $1.9 trillion package aims to crush the COVID-19 pandemic, distribute vaccines to the public, provide financial relief to families, return children safely to schools, and reopen businesses so employees can get back to work.