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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II praised today's announcement by Google Fiber and Secretary Julian Castro of the U.S. Housing and Urban Development regarding the access of free internet services to several residents in Kansas City's public housing.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, on Groundhog Day, Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO-05) voted against the 63rd attempt to repeal or undermine the Affordable Care Act, as well as against the 12th endeavor to attack women's health care in the 114th Congress alone.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, II is pleased to announce the passage of H.R. 3700, "The Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2015".
Through some small miracle of air travel, I was able to make it up to DC this week for an announcement that no amount of snow was able to keep me away from. On Tuesday, the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission made and presented its selection for a second national WWI memorial to be constructed at Pershing Park in Washington, D.C. at the National Press Club.
I had the privilege of speaking to large crowds in a few cities this past weekend, in celebration of the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday: Charlotte, North Carolina and St. Louis, Missouri. I was reminded of a Bible verse that made me ponder, deep thoughts about a necessity in life that can be a considered a blessing and a curse…sleep.
On Tuesday night both Houses of Congress, the Senate and the House of Representatives, gathered to receive the last State of the Union address from President Obama. This year’s speech was very forward looking and not simply a “victory lap,” as last State of the Union speeches have been for previous presidents.
Dear Friends,
For more than five years, I have written a weekly commentary treatise promoting the need for an elevation in congressional civility and a denunciation of the notion that compromise means capitulations. Four hundred and thirty-four Members of the House of Representatives receive the weekly congressional communiqué.