ICYMI: Kaptur urges President Trump to provide assistance to Ohio steelworkers

Washington D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) sent a letter to President Donald Trump requesting immediate and urgent assistance regarding the loss of jobs in the steel industry in Lorain, northern Ohio and across America.

Key excerpts from Kaptur's letter:

"Respectfully, I would recommend the immediate assistance of your Administration in every way possible to avoid permanent closure of these operations. We invite you to visit Lorain very soon, if that is possible, to assess the dire situation and evaluate alternatives to delay this decision.

"The involvement of your economic team to meet with company and labor representatives of U.S. and Republic Steel as well as local and state officials -- in Washington, D.C. or Lorain -- could assist us as we seek an alternative pathway forward so Lorain's historic steel-making capacity may be secured to meet today's market realities. Your Administration's attention to developing an economic reinvestment strategy for Lorain itself and its impacted workforce could offer more hope than the bitter past has delivered here."

Read the full letter here: Kaptur letter to Trump on steelworker assistance 03.11.17.pdf