Washington, July 11 -- Representative Emanuel Cleaver issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, celebrates the enactment of the Housing for the 21st Century Act, the most significant bipartisan housing reform package in nearly 50 years, which officially became law at midnight Eastern Time without the President's signature. The bill was introduced in the House by Rep. Cleaver, House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill (R-AR), Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA), and Housing and Insurance Subcommittee Chairman Mike Flood (R-NE), and in the Senate by Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (R-SC) an...