{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://cleaver.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cleaver-signs-letter-opposing-stephen-bannon-as-white-house", "Congressman Cleaver Signs Letter Opposing Stephen Bannon as White House Strategist", "2016-11-16", "2016", "2016-11", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "Emanuel Cleaver", "C001061", "cleaver.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "(Washington, D.C.) \u2013 Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II joined nearly 170 U.S. Representatives in writing a letter to President-elect Donald Trump encouraging him to reconsider his appointment of Stephen Bannon as White House Chief Strategist.\nCongressman Cleaver strongly opposes this appointment and has received numerous calls from constituents in the 5th District of Missouri urging him to speak for them. Stephen Bannon\u2019s ties to the White Nationalist movement have been noted and well documented. This appointment not only undermines Mr. Trump\u2019s call to be the president for all of the American people, it sets an overall discriminatory tone to millions of Americans. \n\u00a0\u201cWe are asking that President-elect Trump bridge the divide that is currently brewing in America,\u201d\u00a0said Congressman Cleaver. \u201cNo matter how rich, or how big a media star, or how many people bow down to you, the manner in which you treat fellow human beings, in due course, defines who you really are. \u201d \nEmanuel Cleaver, II is the U.S. Representative for Missouri\u2019s Fifth Congressional District, which includes Kansas City, Independence, Lee's Summit, Raytown, Grandview, Sugar Creek, Blue Springs, Grain Valley, Oak Grove, North Kansas City, Gladstone, Claycomo, and all of Ray, Lafayette, and Saline Counties. 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.\u00a0A high-resolution photo of Congressman Cleaver is available\u00a0here.\n\u00a0\nFor more information, please contact Heather Frierson at 816-842-4545 or Heather.Frierson@mail.house.gov.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://cleaver.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cleaver-signs-letter-opposing-stephen-bannon-as-white-house"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.204187050461769, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}