Emanuel Cleaver: “I want to thank Congresswoman Davids for--and this is good stuff. This is visionary stuff.”

as I sat on the bed this morning, trying to get up, I received a phone call to tell me that Congressman Bill Clay had just passed. I sat there for a few minutes, feeling sad. Then it occurred to me that death is not the greatest loss in…

This important legislation would pull one small but very powerful lever that I believe would facilitate greater collaboration in the Halls of the House.

It was rewarding to those of us who were on the committee to just come to a meeting and see that there was no name-calling, no screams across the aisle.

This was supposed to be one of the great celebrations. We won the Super Bowl and probably had a million or so people at the parade. In a great tragedy that has befallen all of us over and over again, a shooter has ruined the lives of many…