Emanuel Cleaver: “I do come with and I try to keep myself calm no matter what I hear. But we do have a problem.”

A democracy thrives on diversity and tyranny oppresses it.

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…

We may not be dealing with it as powerfully as we should, but are there any exemptions that you can think of--companies or corporations--that would not be impacted or are not being impacted today?

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…