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(Kansas City, MO) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Representatives Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Chair of the House Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight and Department Operations, and Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, along with 140 colleagues in both the House and Senate, in urging Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai to work directly with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S.

(Kansas City, MO) – United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver II (D-MO), a member of the Committee on Homeland Security, joined Democratic membership of the committee in requesting the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) examine healthcare disparities exposed by the Coronavirus Pandemic.

Lawmakers urged the OIG to probe HHS's efforts to eliminate socioeconomic, racial and ethnic healthcare disparities and provide recommendations to address them moving forward.

(Kansas City, MO) – United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Gregory Meeks (D-NY), along with Senators Kamala Harris (D-CA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and 5 other lawmakers, delivered a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin asking that temporary emergency measure be taken to support Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs) and Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) in their ability to serve small businesses, low- and moderate-income communities, and communities of color that have been disproportionat

(Washington, D.C.) – United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), along with Representative Michael Kelly (R-PA), led 53 lawmakers in a bipartisan letter encouraging the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to extend its deadlines to allow families with dependents to receive the full amount of their Economic Impact Payment. The deadline for Americans to file their information with the IRS was Wednesday, April 22.

In the letter, the lawmakers wrote:

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 266, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, with United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voting in favor of the legislation. The bill will provide over $350 billion in small business loans, $10 billion in small business grants, $75 billion for hospitals and health care providers across the country, and $25 billion to ramp up testing needed to reopen the country. It will now go to the President's desk to be signed into law immediately.

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) called on the Department of Treasury, as well as three of the largest banks in the U.S., to modernize anti-money laundering regulations to combat banking discrimination against Muslim Americans. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to take a toll on American workers and the broader economy, charitable organizations and accessible banking are more important than ever.

(Kansas City, MO) – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced it would offer cash-strapped mortgage servicers much-needed financial relief by limiting the obligations servicers must pay to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on missed payments from single-family loans. Additionally, the FHFA announced they would support homeowners and mortgage lenders by also approving the purchase of single-family mortgages in forbearance that meet specific eligibility criteria.

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Wm. Lacy Clay (D-MO) delivered a letter to Secretary Sonny Perdue of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), calling on Secretary Perdue to protect Missourians by supporting the Missouri Department of Social Services' request for a waiver that would allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Special Supplement Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) beneficiaries to receive groceries by delivery.