Press Releases
July 13, 2016
~ Warns of Shortsighted Funding Limitations, Likely Delays ~
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) today praised the passage by the Senate of the Conference Report on S. 524, Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) of 2015. Kaptur was a major booster of the House version of CARA, which passed overwhelmingly last week. The measure creates a number of new federal grant programs meant to support locally-based treatment and recovery initiatives that will be the subject of future funding debates in an era of limited resources.
July 13, 2016
“A Two Year Solution to an Immediate Problem”
July 12, 2016
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) today announced that Cleveland Hopkins International Airport will receive a total of $22.1 million in airport improvement funds. Specifically, $7.1 million is meant for the purpose of purchasing new and replacement snow removal equipment and $15 million is meant for safety improvements to address ways to minimize potential runway incursions.
July 9, 2016
Questions Prompted by Pattern of Questionable Investment Decisions, Including 2008 Investments in Iraq, Russian Banks, and $1.4 Billion in Risky Mortgage Bonds During Housing Meltdown
WASHINGTON, DC – The General Accounting Office (GAO) today confirmed that the federal watchdog agency will “review the investment decisions of the Central States Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund,” after receiving a request from Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and 40 other Members of Congress.
July 8, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC– Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) joined the National Institute of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to announce the award of $1,948,415 in federal research funds to The University of Toledo’s Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology research endeavors. The research project is funded for five years at $389,683 per year, and managed by The University of Toledo Medical School Professor R.
July 8, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) continued to press for reasonable laws that will keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have them. Kaptur called on Republican leadership to allow a House vote on a bipartisan measure that would prevent those on the FBI’s terrorist “No Fly” watch list from purchasing firearms or explosives.
July 7, 2016
House Floor Maneuver Blocks Kaptur’s Effort to Restore Tough Delivery and Service Standards
WASHINGTON, DC — The chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), today blocked a provision authored by Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) that had been incorporated last month into the House Appropriations Committee’s Financial Services and General Government funding measure for fiscal year 2017, which begins on October 1, 2016.
July 2, 2016
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) is encouraging apprenticeship programs in northern Ohio to submit applications for a Department of Labor program, “ApprenticeshipUSA Industry Intermediary Contracts,” that will allow local or regional apprenticeship programs to expand to meet the occupational and skill needs of their respective industries. The deadline for such applications is July 28, 2016 at 2 p.m.
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July 1, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC– Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) praised the recent announcement by the federal Department of Labor that Toledo’s Goodwill Industries of Northwest Ohio will receive $1,359,812 in ‘Training to Work’ funds. These funds will provide local area residents released from incarceration and in a state or local work-release program the education, training and workforce skills-training, to produce skilled workers who meet the needs of local employers.