Emanuel Cleaver

decisions that include a dangerous and wrongheaded trade and tariff policy that reduces America's income at a rate of $1.4 billion each month according to the Federal Reserve.

Our patience is running out.

the American public is losing on the tariffs, and it is not just coming from me or a Democrat.

I think this hearing is an opportunity for you to tell us about how you are holding onto these institutions.

In these unusual times, that oath is being tested.

I seldom come to this floor to stand in this well. To me, it is almost a sacred place where the great orators like Webster debated. But I have got to talk about this because it is something that is impacting thousands and thousands of…

I regrettably missed votes on Thursday, March 14, 2019. I had intended to vote ``yes'' on rollcall vote No. 125.

This piece of legislation is particularly significant to me. I lived in public housing for 5 years. I saw what the possibilities were there. I saw people who did not make it, and I saw people who did made it. The one thing that I found…

I thank my colleague, friend, and former neighbor, Sean Duffy, who worked with me on this bill. And I also thank the chair and the ranking member of the committee for their continued support. With this, I am hopeful that we can continue…

I think people corrupt culture. I think we create a picture of it that culture is something that comes and grabs people but people create culture and culture is what is developed by people.

We were trying to figure out a way to avoid the politicization of it by having a Director who would go over one term.

I never remember having a meeting about how we could politicize it. It didn't happen; in fact, it was the contrary.

I am a Methodist, not a capitalist or a socialist, just a Methodist.

Walls make long-term enemies.

I don't think elections are equal. I think I can prove it rather easily.

We are in a crisis on affordable housing. And what I hope everybody understands is that as we remove affordable housing, it leads to homelessness.

Recently, I spent time listening to farmers, large manufacturers, and leaders of smaller companies in my district express their frustrations on how tariffs are affecting their bottom line. I visited a steel fabrication company, an…

If some of the kids who lived in public housing had broken into the PHA office and stolen a computer, they would be in jail.

Greed brought the world to the very brink of an economic cataclysm.

I regrettably missed votes on Thursday, September 13, 2018. I had intended to vote ``yes'' on rollcall vote 399. PERSONAL EXPLANATION

The Nation is facing a steady and dramatic decline in available and affordable housing, period, certainly multifamily housing is included.

The NFIP continues to pay over $400 million a year in interest. That is money that could go towards making improvements in the program or helping enhance affordability. We need to wipe the slate clean and give the NFIP a fresh start…

I rise this evening to support the House amendment to S. 1182, the National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2018. This bill would provide a clean, 4-month extension for the NFIP. Now, I do plan to vote in favor of this bill, but I…

I blame Congress. We have allowed over the last 30 years, the President, whomever was the occupant in the White House, to gradually take the constitutional responsibility of Congress.

Do you think that these trade wars have ever worked? Discuss Smoot-Hawley, 1930. Did that work?