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Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) – Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development – released the following statement on First Solar’s $185 million expansion in Northwest Ohio.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) – Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development – released the following statement on First Solar’s $270 million investment in a research and development center in Perrysburg Township, Ohio.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) – Co-Chair of the bipartisan House Auto Caucus – released the following statement on Ford’s plan to invest $1.5 billion to build an electric vehicle plant in Lorain County.
WASHINGTON — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Chair of the House Auto Caucus, released the following statement after nearly 50,000 General Motors (GM) employees went on strike after contract negotiations between their union the United Auto Workers (UAW) and GM stalled.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Dean of the Ohio Delegation and longest-serving woman in Congress, today released the following statement on General Motors' decision to idle several North American manufacturing plants.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement on the House passage of the Fiscal Year 2022 federal funding bill. The legislation will now be sent to the Senate for final passage.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Dean of the Ohio Delegation, released the following statement after the passage of the bipartisan Farm Bill by the U.S. House of Representatives. The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 passed the Senate yesterday and it now heads to the President's desk.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after the House passed President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act. The House-passed legislation – which includes Rep. Kaptur’s Great Lakes heavy icebreaker, and the Community Restoration and Revitalization Fund modeled after her Restoring Communities Left Behind Act – now moves to the Senate for consideration.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), today issued the following statement after voting no on H.R. 1, the Republicans' tax plan:
"The People's House let the American people down today with the hasty passage of a partisan tax bill, rammed through Congress without a single hearing.
"For all their talk of shedding light on their actions and an open transparent process, Republicans proved their primary interest is in serving their masters on Wall Street and corporate boardrooms.