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May 31, 2019

(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) delivered the Weekly Democratic Address. In this week's address, Congressman Cleaver discussed the dire need to pass the bipartisan disaster relief package to support communities across the country ravaged by natural disasters, a bill which House Republicans have obstructed three times in the past week.

May 31, 2019

(Kansas City, MO) – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) today co-hosted a joint roundtable discussion on the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) with Rep. Lacy Clay (D-MO). Al Green (D-TX), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), and local stakeholders were in attendance.

May 21, 2019

(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement today after President Trump approved a Major Disaster Declaration for the State of Missouri following severe flooding throughout the state.

May 21, 2019

(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Sam Graves (R-MO), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Ron Estes (R-KS), and Steve Watkins (R-KS), and U.S.

May 15, 2019

(Washington, D.C.) – Last week, Congressman Cleaver introduced H.R. 2666, the Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act (MARA), which would extend Medicare resources to physician anesthesiologists practicing in rural communities.

May 9, 2019

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congressman Cleaver's bipartisan bill to curb money laundering and illicit financial activities was unanimously voted out of committee and will await a vote on the House Floor. Cleaver's bill, H.R.

May 8, 2019

(Washington, D.C.) – Commemorating the 135th birthday of Missouri native and former U.S. President Harry S. Truman, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) and Sam Graves (R-MO), along with U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Chris Coons (D-DE) today introduced legislation to rename Washington, D.C.'s Union Station as the "Harry S. Truman Union Station."

April 24, 2019

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, the entire Missouri congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Roy Blunt and Josh Hawley, and U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II, Sam Graves, Vicky Hartzler, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Ann Wagner, Wm.

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Governor Parson Orrick Visit
April 23, 2019

(Orrick, MO) – Last week, Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) met with Governor Mike Parson, farmers and agricultural leaders from the Missouri Farm Bureau, and leaders from the Missouri Levee & Drainage District Association (MLDDA) to survey farmland and levees devastated by recent flooding in Orrick, Missouri.

April 18, 2019

(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) today announced the introduction of H.R. 2249, the World War I Valor Medals Review Act, a bipartisan bill that would review military records of minority servicemembers of the Armed Forces during World War I to determine whether they should be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.