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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, H.R. 3700, The Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act, successfully passed through the Senate. This bill, sponsored by Missouri Congressmen Emanuel Cleaver, II and Blaine Luetkemeyer, passed unanimously in the House on February 2, 2016.
This has been another week of unthinkable violence in our country. The events that have taken place over the course of these last few days have been deeply troubling and disheartening… police shootings and police officers shot and killed. Sometimes, not all the time, but sometimes, out of chaos, we can find our purpose.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO-05) released the following statement today after this week’s violence in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Dallas, Texas:
KANSAS CITY, MO – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05) will hold a Twitter town hall meeting at approximately 3:30 p.m.CDT/4:30 EDT on Thursday, June 30, 2016, to answer any questions related to mass gun violence prevention legislation.
WASHINGTON, DC - The following is the full text of Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II's (MO-05) speech delivered on the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, during the historic sit-in to end mass gun violence in this country.
WASHINGTON, DC– Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO-05) released the following statement today in support of the sit-in on the House Floor, led by Georgia Congressman John Lewis, in support of taking action against mass gun violence and demanding a vote in the House of Representatives:
Surprisingly, there are over 6,000 languages spoken by the inhabitants of this tiny planet we call home. Tragically, with the spewing of verbal vomit on the 2016 presidential campaign trail, the United States is daily creating a despicable dialect as the world’s newest language.