Emanuel Cleaver: “You can never really defeat a person on a cause that will never give up, give out, or give in.”

He's my friend, and he is somebody who believes deeply and irreversibly in treating people decently.

I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Cleaver of Missouri moves to recommit the bill H.R. 3564 to the Committee on Financial Services…

I think we had something with this committee that I think the people around the country of goodwill would love to see each day coming out of Washington.

I rise today to honor a towering figure in the history of Kansas City, Missouri, and in the life of Missouri's Fifth Congressional District, Mr. Alvin Brooks, on the occasion of the 300th consecutive meeting of the Alvin Brooks Wednesday…