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Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced $250,000 in Drug-Free Communities (DFC) awards for two Northwest Ohio communities. The awards will be given through the US Department of Health and Human Services and administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. EHOVE Career Center’s Future Leaders Program in Sandusky and the Springfield Area Prevention Coalition in Swanton will each receive awards of $125,000 for substance-abuse prevention efforts.
Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that the Zepf Center in Toledo will receive two separate awards totaling $1.5 Million. Administered through the Department of Health and Human Services’ Center for Mental Health Services, the awards will support the nonprofit’s 50-year record of providing behavioral and mental health care to those who need it most. The center’s Homeless Outreach and Person-Centered Engagement project, or HOPE, will receive $500,000 to address the many needs of homeless individuals in Northwest Ohio.
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, sent a letter to Energy Secretary Chris Wright calling on him to immediately halt the Department of Energy’s (DOE) plans to illegally spend funds prov
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, sent a letter to White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought calling on him to rescind OMB’s proposed rule governing all federal
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U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur, an Ohio Democrat who is co-chairwoman of the congressional Poland Caucus, called on Tuesday for a thorough investigation into the murder of Gdańsk Mayor Paweł Adamowicz. In a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives, Kaptur expressed condolences and noted that Gdańsk is a longtime sister city of Cleveland in her home state.
More than 60 House Democrats are urging leadership to make the opioid crisis a top priority in the new Congress. The Democrats said Congress should dedicate more funding and staff to addressing the crisis, which killed 47,600 people in 2017. "Despite previous Congressional efforts to provide more resources to combat the opioid crisis to states and communities across this nation, there is much more to do," said Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio,), who led the letter, along with Reps.
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) has sent a letter with four colleagues to President Donald Trump, formally asking him to visit the communities impacted by General Motors' decision to idle several North America plants.