Emanuel Cleaver: “I think it is bad for our image, because people, for example, they see Rodney Davis leaving...”

blind, and sometimes even mean-spirited, political decisions that those who perpetuate it could easily deny 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 are just tearing apart a district in order to satisfy someone's desire for reelection.

I think it is important for us to voice our own experiences and ideas on how we can make this beautiful chaotic institution into something that would work just a little bit better.