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Retired workers in Missouri will have the opportunity to share their concerns with Ken Feinberg, the U.S. Department of Treasury's Special Master for the implementation of the Kline-Miller Law.
Over 400,000 people from across several states who have vested millions of dollars into their pension funds have been told that their benefits from the Central States Pension Fund would be drastically cut, some as much as by 60 percent. People who have saved all of their working lives for this moment of retirement are now finding out that there is not enough to fund their pensions.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the White House sent President Obama's Fiscal Year 2017 budget request to Congress. Congressman Cleaver applauded the President for putting forward a budget that builds the foundation for a strong American future – investing in innovation for the 21st century, advancing a world-class education system, and empowering hard-working families.
If you truly want to see how Congress was designed to work, this past Tuesday’s vote on H.R. 3700, “The Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2015” was the vote to watch. It was a true example of what I have written about on several occasions, civility and compromise. This bill is one of the largest sweeping reforms of our nation’s housing program in twenty years and Republicans and Democrats worked together to get it done.
H.R. 3700 passed the House with a unanimous 427 votes to 0. Republicans and Democrats working together: it can be done.
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. The digital divide is an issue Congressman Cleaver has been working tenaciously to close as the Ranking Member of the Housing and Insurance Subcommittee on Financial Services.
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. Congressman Cleaver voted against these latest Republican efforts, and called on Republicans to drop their repeated attempts to take away health care from women and hard-working Americans.
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".
A remarkable bipartisan effort by Rep. Cleaver and Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), this bill is one of the largest sweeping reforms of our nation's housing programs in the last two decades. H.R. 3700 passed the U.S. House of Representatives this afternoon by a vote of 427-0.
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.