Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II is now serving his sixth term representing Missouri’s Fifth Congressional District, the home district of President Harry Truman. He is a member of the exclusive House Financial Services Committee, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, and also a Senior Whip of the Democratic Caucus.

Congressman Cleaver has received five honorary Doctoral Degrees and received a Master’s Degree from St. Paul's School of Theology of Kansas City.  During the 112th Congress, he was unanimously elected the 20th chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. Coming from a family of educators, Congressman Cleaver has fought for affordable and accessible educational opportunities for everyone including job re-training initiatives. His constant focus on job creation and economic development projects has become a reliable fixture in all of his activities in Congress.

Congressman Cleaver is much loved throughout the Kansas City area as both a political leader and as a United Methodist Pastor, and he has been nationally recognized for being a champion of civility and bipartisanship in Congress. https://cleaver.house.gov.

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