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(Kansas City, MO) – As Congress continues negotiations on the fourth phase of emergency coronavirus relief for the American people, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) led over 120 lawmakers in urging congressional leadership to include funding for the United States Postal Service (USPS) in the final legislation.

(Kansas City, MO) – United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Gregory Meeks (D-NY), along with Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Kamala Harris (D-CA) and over 80 of their fellow lawmakers in the U.S.

(Kansas City, MO) – United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), and Joyce Beatty (D-OH) issued a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell calling on the Fed to include minority-owned asset managers and broker deals as partners in the implementation of its capital markets and liquidity programs.

April 10, 2020

(Kansas City, MO) – Last week, Gordon Smith and Daniel Pinto, Co-Presidents and COOs for JPMorgan Chase (JPMC), issued a memo to JPMC employees announcing initial steps the bank will take to foster a more diverse and inclusive atmosphere at the largest bank in the United States.

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA), along with 57 other members of Congress, called for direct cash assistance for Americans to continue on a monthly basis until the coronavirus pandemic subsides.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) introduced H.R. 6457, the Disaster and Emergency Pricing Abuse Prevention Act, to combat predatory price gouging tactics, which have surged during the coronavirus pandemic.

(Kansas City, MO) - United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Wm. Lacy Clay (D-MO) have called for the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a national hotline for financial institutions and borrowers seeking to access the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a lending program created with passage of the CARES Act last month.