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(Washington, D.C.) – United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO-05) and Sharice Davids (KS-03) continue the push to save Kansas City area jobs after news broke in May of potential layoffs for 1,000 contract workers at the National Benefits Center due to coronavirus-related revenue shortfalls, which would be among the largest mass layoffs in the Kansas City area.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), joined by 17 colleagues in the House of Representatives, delivered a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg calling on the tech company to revise its policies governing the incitement of violence and political micro-targeting on its platform. Rep.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congressional Democrats introduced the Justice in Policing Act of 2020, an historic piece of legislation that would transform the nation's policing policies and begin to create structural reform in the United States Justice System.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Sharice Davids (D-KS), and Cindy Axne (D-IA) announced bipartisan legislation to establish a flood prevention program to protect Midwestern communities along the lower Missouri River system. The Lower Missouri River Flood Prevention Program Act would modernize the U.S.
(Kansas City, MO) – United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) approval for Missouri to access the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT), a program authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted for The Heroes Act, the latest emergency coronavirus relief proposal to address the continued public health crisis and bring desperately needed support for struggling families and essential workers.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Roger Williams (R-TX) led a bipartisan effort to support the live entertainment industry, which has been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
(Washington, D.C.) – Yesterday the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), released the latest emergency coronavirus relief package, entitled the Heroes Act.
(Washington, D.C.) – This week, United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Al Green (D-TX), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Wm. Lacy Clay (D-MO), and Joyce Beatty (D-OH) introduced H. Res. 946, recognizing April as Fair Housing Month.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, on International Workers Day, United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), and 46 Members of Congress called on the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide transparency and guidance to ensure workers are protected as the