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Emanuel Cleaver is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who has served as the U.S. Representative for Missouri's 5th congressional district since 2005. Prior to his tenure in Congress, he was the mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, where he focused on urban development and community engagement. Cleaver has been an advocate for various issues, including healthcare, education, and civil rights, and has played a significant role in legislative discussions on these topics.
I agree with you that we are taxed heavily in this country, all the way from these Chambers, this Chamber all the way to city halls around the country. But I do believe in tax cuts, and I think that we would be wise or certainly we would…
I thank the gentlewoman. I actually have read George Washington's book on civility. Russ Carnahan, my colleague from Missouri who is from St. Louis, gave me that book shortly after we arrived because I was talking all the time with many of…
Please. Seniority. I think it would be good if we had, you know, we do not get in much free-wheeling debate on the House floor. So if you feel you want to move in on something, go ahead, and I will let you interrupt, and you can let me…
If the gentlewoman will yield. First of all, I agree with your numbers. The job gain during this administration from 2003 to the present does bring the total jobs to 5.4 million. My disagreement with the numbers is that the numbers do not…
I would not support giving any additional tax cuts to people who are already paying virtually no taxes. The earned income tax credit, I think, adequately, appropriately and significantly deals with the people who are at the very lowest end…
No. I think we eliminate the tax cuts, which would allow us to begin to retire our debt. And if we just eliminate the tax cuts, and I will have to fumble through my papers to find out the exact amount of money that we would bring back into…
like millions of Americans, I, too, am disappointed with the President's veto. In Kansas City, Missouri, a man by the name of Jim and his wife Virginia Stowers started a company called American Centuries. It became one of the most…
on rollcall 384, the Watt amendment to H.R. 2389, I was recorded as a ``no.'' I had intended to vote ``yes'' on the Watt amendment. The Acting CHAIRMAN. There being no further amendments, pursuant to House Resolution 920, the Committee…
I probably perform more marriages than all of the other Members in this body, collected. When I perform a wedding in Los Angeles in August, it will push me over the 400 mark for my career as an ordained United Methodist pastor. I am…
in 1974, I was ordained as an elder in the United Methodist Church after having completed 3 years of seminary, 4 years of undergraduate work. I have been pastoring for 32 years. As of today, I have never, ever been asked to perform a…
I am a Democrat, and I am glad about it. The reason for this joy is over the fact that the party to which I belong is pushing back against this Republican-led Congress and their out-of-control spending. Let us take a look at the facts…
I rise today to express gratitude for the passage of H.R. 5574, the Children's Hospitals GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2006. This bill will extend funding through fiscal year 2011 for children's hospitals that provide approved…
today, June 19, 2006, I was unavoidably detained in my district by flight delays caused by inclement weather. Mr. Speaker, had I been present for rollcall vote 289 on H.R. 5540, the Sgt. Jacob Dan Dones Post Office Designation, I would…
I want to address two issues in H.R. 5576, the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, Judiciary and District of Columbia Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (TTHUD) that are of great interest to the Fifth District of…
having come to Congress in this 109th, I am come to the conclusion that it is not good for any party to have complete power here in Washington. It creates a hubris that then, I think, does immense damage to the Nation. Over the last 6…
how high do gas prices have to go before this administration is willing to break its ties with the oil and gas company CEOs? For 5 years now, the major oil companies have been bringing in record profits, while the pain at the pump has…
the Ford plant in Kansas City is now in mass production of a hybrid, which they are placing on the market because there is hopefully going to be a great demand, and we think that in the middle of the country it makes perfect sense for us…
I think that the whole energy issue is quite convoluted because we are never able to address the issues that we want the American public to benefit from because there are always little tricks. For example, LIHEAP was placed in the energy…
As I raised the question earlier, my concern was and I knew we would eventually get to this point, was that the money that we do not budget we borrow. And most Americans are outraged over the U.S. debt which is rising even as we speak here…
Maybe as a member of the Budget Committee you can help me understand why the money for the gulf coast reconstruction and the money for Iraq was not budgeted. I mean, we do not have two of the most costly items in the U.S. budget factored…
It is good to be here. We were sworn in together to this Congress, and I have often been asked, what has surprised you the most? In fact, today, a group of students from the Bloch School of Business at the University of Missouri in Kansas…
if this House does not act within the next 2 weeks, millions of American seniors will face the egregious and unfair prescription drug tax. As this calendar shows, May 15 is the deadline President Bush and congressional Republicans created…
the other side will once again try to spin their 2007 budget as fiscally responsible. The American people know better. For 5 years now, Republicans have controlled both the Congress and the White House, and for 5 years our budget deficit…
the Bush-Dubai ports contract was a bad deal for national security when it involved six American seaports. Now it turns out the company would operate 22 U.S. ports for far more than the President said were included in the deal. My friends…
this week Kansas City and our entire metropolitan area celebrated our hometown hero, Buck O'Neil, a Hall of Famer in our hearts. It is clear that the baseball Hall of Fame has made a terrible, shameful error in not inducting Buck on this…
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