Emanuel Cleaver
Emanuel Cleaver
Emanuel Cleaver IIis a United Methodist pastor, American politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Cleaver currently represents Missouri's 5th congressional district, where he's served since 2005. The district includes the southern three-fourths of Kansas City, including all of the city south of the Missouri River, as well as the more rural counties of Lafayette, Ray, and Saline east of Jackson. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and in January 2010, Cleaver became chair of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 October 1944
CountryUnited States of America
The president is committed to making tax cuts for the richest one percent permanent. There are trade-offs for being so generous to those who are so wealthy. Every dollar that is given to millionaires is a dollar that will be cut in our communities.
[Raul Castro] is one of the most amazing human beings I've ever met.
Social Security is a covenant that should not be broken.
We've gotten to the point now where Republicans and Democrats have nothing in common besides being members of the 'caustic caucus,' and we can't get anything done.
We have Democrats saying dumb things every single day, and Republicans as well.
We can be fervent in our disagreements without being factitious with our beliefs.
One thing I've learned - and I've said this to Republicans and Democrats - is, bees cannot sting and make honey at the same time. They have to make a choice. Either they are going to be a stinger or a honey-maker, and I contend that honey is a symbol of legislation and, the nuclear language used by members is the stinger, and you can't do both.
Let's do more than say the 'Pledge of Allegiance.' Let us live it!
I have family in Tanzania. I can't even explain the joy of riding through the Tanzania national park and seeing giraffes run across the road and elephants over in a pond and baboons running.
Hope is the motivation that empowers the unemployed, enabling them to get out of bed every single morning with unbounded enthusiasm as they look for work.
There is more power in unity than division.
First of all, do I think there's some racists in the Tea Party? Yeah. I'm an ordained United Methodist pastor; there's some racists in the Methodist church. I don't know if there's a body that does not have some racists in it.
America, I am a strong believer that how we treat each other matters.
This deal is a sugar-coated satan sandwich. If you lift the bun, you will not like what you see.