Emanuel Cleaver

What does he base his constant statements on about that Ukraine is a part of Russia?

What I am wanting you to help me fix that in my mind is the difference--because of what is going on right now--and with Hamas. What is the difference between a political prisoner and a hostage?

The murderous Hamas puppets of Iran have unleashed unimaginable horror upon innocent Israeli infants, children, women, elderly, and all others.

This will not stand. We need to have robust strategies and responses.

Mandela would have been a political prisoner?

Too often, families of hostages, prisoners, even senior congressional leaders cannot get answers from the State Department.

I am one of those people who believes that there is such a thing as climate change, and I agree with the scientists.

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?

It has been, I think, crystal clear for some time now that foreign actors are using social media to sow discord.

I hope my colleagues will join me in voting for the motion to recommit and opposing this sham bill.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the 5- minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by a 5-minute vote on the passage of the bill, if…

I missed something because I didn't know that the Biden administration was involved in this debate or had any involvement at all with this discussion. At the appropriate time, I will offer a motion to recommit this bill back to committee…

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…

No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.

A democracy thrives on diversity and tyranny oppresses it.

With Hurricane Katrina, some of the things we saw were Senator Trent Lott's house was wiped away, with nothing left.

Congressman Gene Taylor's house was wiped away; only the front stoop was still there.

I appreciate the fact that you clearly understand and recognize the importance of this.

I have an amendment at the desk, No. 9. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 2, line 11, insert ``or during the period of a national emergency declared under the National…

As we all know, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve was established decades ago by our 38th President, Gerald Ford, in the aftermath of the oil crisis of the early 1970s. Ever since, the reserve has proven to be an incredibly effective tool at…

I have an amendment at the desk, No. 8. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, line 9, strike ``and the Secretary of Defense'' and insert ``the Secretary of Defense, the…

This bill requires the Secretary of Energy to consult with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense to develop a plan to increase the percentage of Federal lands leased for oil and gas…

The CFPB was created not out of any partisanship, but we wanted an agency where the people got up every morning with one thing in mind, and that was protecting the consumers of the United States.

I referred to cryptocurrency yesterday as a, 'creepy dough.'

You can never really defeat a person on a cause that will never give up, give out, or give in.