Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 17, 2016

Contact: Nicole Dailey Jones, (800) 964-4699 & (202) 225-5411 or Marcy.KapturPress@mail.house.gov

Kaptur Slams Republican Leaders in Congress for Failing to Pass Critical 2017 Budget and Department Funding Bills

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Thursday, October 13, 2016
Contact: Nicole Dailey Jones (Kaptur), (202) 225-4146 & (202) 225-5411 or Marcy.KapturPress@mail.house.gov

Kaptur: Director of National Drug Control Policy Designates Lorain County as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
Designation will allow County to receive Federal resources to further drug control efforts among law enforcement officials

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 11, 2016
Contact: Nicole Dailey Jones, (800) 964-4699 & (202) 225-5411; Marcy.KapturPress@mail.house.gov

TOLEDO, OH – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) and officials from The University of Toledo Health Science Campus today announced the receipt of a $3.38 million grant from the National Institute of Health, or NIH to study the mechanisms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The competitive research grant was awarded to Dr. Xin Wang, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry in the University’s College of Medicine and Life Sciences to study the early development of PTSD in trauma victims.

Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9), today praised the unexpected inclusion in a Senate budget provision that would allow for $37 million in frontloaded spending to address the heroin and opioid epidemic.

THOMAS EDISON STATUE UNVEILING

Father Conroy, Chaplain Black, fellow Members of the Ohio Congressional delegation, Senator Brown, Senator Portman, Majority Leader McConnell, Leader Pelosi, Speaker Ryan, and all assembled here today: what an honor it is to celebrate the legacy of Thomas Alva Edison, a native Ohioan, as we unveil his statue in the United States Capitol.

Please let me extend a Buckeye welcome to the Ohioans joining us, as well as profound thanks to all the many dear individuals whose efforts bring us to this moment.

LORAIN, OH – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9), along with representatives of the Smithsonian Museum, the Ohio Commission on Hispanic and Latino Affairs, the Lorain Historical Society and the Lorain Arts Council, will present the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation’s highest civilian award, to Miquel Berlingeri, Carlos Montes, Julio Santiago-Montanez, and Francisco Colon, four members of the U.S. Army’s 65th Infantry Regiment in recognition of their pioneering military service.