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March 14, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Reps. Lee, Hurd, Lead Bipartisan Letter Opposing Secretary Azar's Proposed CMS Medicare Pt. D Rule
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, ...
Feb. 19, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Brooks Supports Trump Administration's Welfare Work Requirements
Rep. Jason Smith, ...
Feb. 7, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Guthrie Leads Effort to Protect Medicare Program
Rep. Jason Smith, ...
Feb. 6, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with the Department of Health and Human Services - Gardner, Cortez Masto, Crapo, and Bipartisan Group of Senators Send Letter Requesting Administration Stabilize Medicare Advantage Program
Sen. Josh Hawley, ...
Jan. 14, 2019
Tanf Extension Act of 2019
Rep. Jason Smith
Oct. 11, 2018
Wagner Introduces Legislation to Help Families with Cost of Child & Dependent Care
Rep. Ann Wagner
Aug. 27, 2018
Letter to Senator Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member, Representative Michael Conaway, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, and Representative Collin Peterson, Ranking Member - Environmental Concerns in Farm Bill
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, ...
Aug. 1, 2018
USA Today - New Parents Face the 'Social Insecurity' of Our Time, so Let's Help
Rep. Ann Wagner, ...
June 25, 2018
Graves Applauds House Passage of Farm Bill
Rep. Sam Graves
June 20, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Chairman Crowley and Reps. Larson, Davis, Cummings, Beyer, and Moore Call on President Trump to Stop Closing Social Security Field Offices
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, ...
June 5, 2018
Congressman Cleaver Announces Results of GAO Report on Central States Pension Fund
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver
April 26, 2018
Farm Bill and Snap
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver
April 26, 2018
Letter to Mr. Donald J. Trump, President - Revoke Recent Executive Order on Poverty
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, ...
March 19, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Tom Cole, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies and the Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - Chairman Crowley Demands Increased Funding for Social Security in Government Funding Bill
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, ...
March 15, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Roskam, Burgess Statements on CMS Proposal Regarding Medicare Advantage Program
Rep. Jason Smith, ...
Dec. 15, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Paul D. Ryan, Speaker of the House - Don't Count on Us to Fix the PAYGO Problem You've Created with the GOP's Tax Bill
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, ...
Nov. 21, 2017
Congressman Cleaver Joins House and Senate Democrats in Sponsoring New Proposal for Retired Workers
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver
Sept. 28, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House and the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives - Members of Congress to Reject Cuts to Safety Net Hospitals
Rep. Sam Graves, ...
Sept. 27, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Dr. Thomas E. Prices, M.D., Secretary of the HHS - Maximum Possible Funding for LIHEAP in the Coming Winter Season
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, ...
July 18, 2017
Letter to Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Cotton Ginning Cost Share Program
Rep. Jason Smith, ...
June 14, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Tom Price, Secretary of Health and Human Services and Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Cms Announces Complex Rehab Technology Change in Response to Congressional Letter
Rep. Jason Smith, ...
May 23, 2017
Congressman Cleaver Slams Devastating Budget Proposal
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver
March 16, 2017
Congressman Cleaver's Statement on the Budget FY 2018
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver
July 13, 2016
W&M Advances Health, Tax, and Social Security Proposals
Rep. Jason Smith, ...
May 16, 2016
Letter to Chairman John Kline, Chair of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Chairman Todd Rokita, Chair of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, Ranking Member Robert "Bobby" C. Scott, Ranking Member of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Ranking Member Marica L. Fudge, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education - WIC Reauthorization
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, ...
May 10, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Support for New CMS Medicare Part B Demonstration Project
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, ...
May 2, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Andy Slavitt, Actiong Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid - Prevent Administration's Medicare Experiment
Rep. Jason Smith, ...
March 10, 2016
Letter to The Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader, The Hon. Tom Price, Chairman House Budget Committee, and the Hon. Chris Van Hollen, Ranking Member, House Budget Committee - Fight to Protect SNAP for Those in Need
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, ...
Oct. 28, 2015
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House and Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader - Refusing to Vote For Any Budget Deal That Cuts Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security Benefits
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, ...
Sept. 29, 2015
Letter to the Hon. Andrew Slavitt, Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Cuts to Medicare Payments for Colorectal Cancer
Rep. Sam Graves, ...
Sept. 29, 2015
Letter to Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Prepaid Account Rule
Rep. Ann Wagner, ...
July 21, 2015
Letter to Carolyn Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration - Halt of Obama Plan to use Social Security to Restrict Gun Rights
Rep. Jason Smith, ...
July 17, 2015
Capitol Report: Reducing Poverty through Employment
Rep. Jason Smith
July 9, 2015
Ways and Means Members Introduce Bills to Help People Move from Welfare to Work
Rep. Jason Smith, ...
June 17, 2015
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives - Medicare D Program
Rep. Sam Graves, ...
April 30, 2015
Reps. Jenkins, Cleaver Introduce Legislation To Expand Access To Rural Anesthesiology Care
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, ...
March 27, 2015
EC from DC - Congress Does the Impossible
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver
March 27, 2015
Letter to Chairman Tom Cole and Ranking Member Rosa Delauro, Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - Funding of Heating Assistance Program
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, ...
March 24, 2015
EC from DC - On 5th Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, Rep. Cleaver Highlights Benefits for Hundreds of Thousands in Missouri
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver
Jan. 26, 2015
Letter to Mel Watt, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency - Funding the Housing Trust Fund
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, ...
Aug. 21, 2014
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Executive Action on Poverty
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, ...
June 20, 2014
Letter to Carolyn Colvin, Commissioner of Social Security Administration - Reconsideration of SSA Decisions
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, ...
May 30, 2014
Graves Statement on VA Scandal, Shinseki Resignation
Rep. Sam Graves
May 30, 2014
Wagner Statement on Shinseki Resignation
Rep. Ann Wagner
May 22, 2014
Wagner Calls for the Resignation of Secretary Shinseki
Rep. Ann Wagner
May 21, 2014
Wagner Demands Accountability For Our Veterans
Rep. Ann Wagner
May 21, 2014
Letter to the Honorable Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary of the US Department of Veterans Affairs - Regarding Availability of Mental Health Services Within the VA
Rep. Ann Wagner
May 7, 2014
Congressman Cleaver Supports Livestock Producers Hit by 2012 Drought
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver
April 10, 2014
Graves Votes To Balance Federal Budget & Grow The Economy
Rep. Sam Graves
April 9, 2014
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House - Immediate Vote on Unemployment Insurance Deal
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, ...
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March 14, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Reps. Lee, Hurd, Lead Bipartisan Letter Opposing Secretary Azar's Proposed CMS Medicare Pt. D Rule
Rep.Emanuel Cleaver, ...
Feb. 19, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Brooks Supports Trump Administration's Welfare Work Requirements
Rep.Jason Smith, ...
Feb. 7, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Guthrie Leads Effort to Protect Medicare Program
Rep.Jason Smith, ...
Feb. 6, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with the Department of Health and Human Services - Gardner, Cortez Masto, Crapo, and Bipartisan Group of Senators Send Letter Requesting Administration Stabilize Medicare Advantage Program
Sen.Josh Hawley, ...
Jan. 14, 2019
Tanf Extension Act of 2019
Rep.Jason Smith
Oct. 11, 2018
Wagner Introduces Legislation to Help Families with Cost of Child & Dependent Care
Rep.Ann Wagner
Aug. 27, 2018
Letter to Senator Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member, Representative Michael Conaway, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, and Representative Collin Peterson, Ranking Member - Environmental Concerns in Farm Bill
Rep.Emanuel Cleaver, ...
Aug. 1, 2018
USA Today - New Parents Face the 'Social Insecurity' of Our Time, so Let's Help
Rep.Ann Wagner, ...
June 25, 2018
Graves Applauds House Passage of Farm Bill
Rep.Sam Graves
June 20, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Chairman Crowley and Reps. Larson, Davis, Cummings, Beyer, and Moore Call on President Trump to Stop Closing Social Security Field Offices
Rep.Emanuel Cleaver, ...
June 5, 2018
Congressman Cleaver Announces Results of GAO Report on Central States Pension Fund
Rep.Emanuel Cleaver
April 26, 2018
Farm Bill and Snap
Rep.Emanuel Cleaver
April 26, 2018
Letter to Mr. Donald J. Trump, President - Revoke Recent Executive Order on Poverty
Rep.Emanuel Cleaver, ...
March 19, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Tom Cole, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies and the Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - Chairman Crowley Demands Increased Funding for Social Security in Government Funding Bill
Rep.Emanuel Cleaver, ...
March 15, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Roskam, Burgess Statements on CMS Proposal Regarding Medicare Advantage Program
Rep.Jason Smith, ...
Dec. 15, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Paul D. Ryan, Speaker of the House - Don't Count on Us to Fix the PAYGO Problem You've Created with the GOP's Tax Bill
Rep.Emanuel Cleaver, ...
Nov. 21, 2017
Congressman Cleaver Joins House and Senate Democrats in Sponsoring New Proposal for Retired Workers
Rep.Emanuel Cleaver
Sept. 28, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House and the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives - Members of Congress to Reject Cuts to Safety Net Hospitals
Rep.Sam Graves, ...
Sept. 27, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Dr. Thomas E. Prices, M.D., Secretary of the HHS - Maximum Possible Funding for LIHEAP in the Coming Winter Season
Rep.Emanuel Cleaver, ...
July 18, 2017
Letter to Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Cotton Ginning Cost Share Program
Rep.Jason Smith, ...
June 14, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Tom Price, Secretary of Health and Human Services and Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Cms Announces Complex Rehab Technology Change in Response to Congressional Letter
Rep.Jason Smith, ...
May 23, 2017
Congressman Cleaver Slams Devastating Budget Proposal
Rep.Emanuel Cleaver
March 16, 2017
Congressman Cleaver's Statement on the Budget FY 2018
Rep.Emanuel Cleaver
July 13, 2016
W&M Advances Health, Tax, and Social Security Proposals
Rep.Jason Smith, ...
May 16, 2016
Letter to Chairman John Kline, Chair of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Chairman Todd Rokita, Chair of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, Ranking Member Robert "Bobby" C. Scott, Ranking Member of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Ranking Member Marica L. Fudge, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education - WIC Reauthorization
Rep.Emanuel Cleaver, ...
May 10, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Support for New CMS Medicare Part B Demonstration Project
Rep.Emanuel Cleaver, ...
May 2, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Andy Slavitt, Actiong Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid - Prevent Administration's Medicare Experiment
Rep.Jason Smith, ...
March 10, 2016
Letter to The Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader, The Hon. Tom Price, Chairman House Budget Committee, and the Hon. Chris Van Hollen, Ranking Member, House Budget Committee - Fight to Protect SNAP for Those in Need
Rep.Emanuel Cleaver, ...
Oct. 28, 2015
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House and Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader - Refusing to Vote For Any Budget Deal That Cuts Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security Benefits
Rep.Emanuel Cleaver, ...
Sept. 29, 2015
Letter to the Hon. Andrew Slavitt, Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Cuts to Medicare Payments for Colorectal Cancer
Rep.Sam Graves, ...
Sept. 29, 2015
Letter to Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Prepaid Account Rule
Rep.Ann Wagner, ...
July 21, 2015
Letter to Carolyn Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration - Halt of Obama Plan to use Social Security to Restrict Gun Rights
Rep.Jason Smith, ...
July 17, 2015
Capitol Report: Reducing Poverty through Employment
Rep.Jason Smith
July 9, 2015
Ways and Means Members Introduce Bills to Help People Move from Welfare to Work
Rep.Jason Smith, ...
June 17, 2015
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives - Medicare D Program
Rep.Sam Graves, ...
April 30, 2015
Reps. Jenkins, Cleaver Introduce Legislation To Expand Access To Rural Anesthesiology Care
Rep.Emanuel Cleaver, ...
March 27, 2015
EC from DC - Congress Does the Impossible
Rep.Emanuel Cleaver
March 27, 2015
Letter to Chairman Tom Cole and Ranking Member Rosa Delauro, Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - Funding of Heating Assistance Program
Rep.Emanuel Cleaver, ...
March 24, 2015
EC from DC - On 5th Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, Rep. Cleaver Highlights Benefits for Hundreds of Thousands in Missouri
Rep.Emanuel Cleaver
Jan. 26, 2015
Letter to Mel Watt, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency - Funding the Housing Trust Fund
Rep.Emanuel Cleaver, ...
Aug. 21, 2014
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Executive Action on Poverty
Rep.Emanuel Cleaver, ...
June 20, 2014
Letter to Carolyn Colvin, Commissioner of Social Security Administration - Reconsideration of SSA Decisions
Rep.Emanuel Cleaver, ...
May 30, 2014
Graves Statement on VA Scandal, Shinseki Resignation
Rep.Sam Graves
May 30, 2014
Wagner Statement on Shinseki Resignation
Rep.Ann Wagner
May 22, 2014
Wagner Calls for the Resignation of Secretary Shinseki
Rep.Ann Wagner
May 21, 2014
Wagner Demands Accountability For Our Veterans
Rep.Ann Wagner
May 21, 2014
Letter to the Honorable Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary of the US Department of Veterans Affairs - Regarding Availability of Mental Health Services Within the VA
Rep.Ann Wagner
May 7, 2014
Congressman Cleaver Supports Livestock Producers Hit by 2012 Drought
Rep.Emanuel Cleaver
April 10, 2014
Graves Votes To Balance Federal Budget & Grow The Economy
Rep.Sam Graves
April 9, 2014
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House - Immediate Vote on Unemployment Insurance Deal
Rep.Emanuel Cleaver, ...
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