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(Washington, D.C.) – This week, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Dina Titus (D-NV), and 127 House Democrats urged the Trump Administration to forgo its proposal to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which provides the main source of federal support for museums and libraries across the country. In a letter to President Trump, the lawmakers shared their strong concerns about the impacts that would come with the elimination of IMLS, advocating for the president to reconsider his proposal to dismantle the agency before the harms are felt in communities nationwide.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, Representative Brad Sherman (D-CA), and Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH) led 38 House Democrats in condemning President Trump’s executive order targeting the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) responsible for coordinating the federal response to homelessness. In a letter to President Donald Trump, the lawmakers called on the Trump Administration to rescind the executive order and to discontinue all executive actions that serve to exacerbate the nation’s fair and affordable housing and homelessness crisis.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement on President Trump’s decision, with the permission of Congressional Republicans, to instigate a global trade war, levy a new import tax on everyday goods, and raise prices on American families.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, and Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence, slammed the Trump Administration following reporting that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is exploring ways to implement blockchain and cryptocurrency within the operations of the agency.

(Kansas City, MO) – This weekend, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) hosted House Committee on Education and Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) in Kansas City to participate in a listening session with local educators and community leaders to discuss President Trump’s attempt to dismantle the Department of Education and to hear firsthand how cuts to public education funding and personnel will impact the communities we serve. With the support of House Republicans, President Donald Trump has announced an executive order that purports to eliminate the Department of Education, which is only possible through an act of Congress.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), David Scott (D-GA), and Nikema Williams (D-GA), members of the House Financial Services Committee, led 50 House Democrats in sending a letter to Travis Hill, the Acting Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), opposing the Trump Administration's effort to undermine the agency’s critical role of ensuring financial stability and protecting consumers from financial harm.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, and Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) led more than 100 Democrats in the House and Senate in condemning staffing cuts and potential closures to Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Field Offices across the country. In a letter to HUD Secretary Scott Turner, the lawmakers called on HUD to fully and immediately reinstate civil servants who were illegally fired from the Department and condemned reports that HUD is considering the illegal closure of nearly two-thirds of field offices nationwide.

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement after reports that the Trump Administration’s national security team shared classified war plans and sensitive national security information with the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic on an unsecure group chat that was scheduled to be deleted, breaking public information laws.