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April 23, 2014

BAY VIEW, OH (April 22, 2014) – Congresswoman Kaptur joined local officials to announce $5.95 million in federal funding for a sewer project to serve the village of Bay View in Erie County.


April 17, 2014

TOLEDO (April 16, 2014) -- Congresswoman Kaptur (OH-9) and Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins announced a federal award for environmental infrastructure improvements in the Cullen Park area of the Point Place neighborhood.


April 10, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 9, 2014) – Speaking on the House floor, Congresswoman Kaptur urged a renewed focus on untreated mental illness in America, citing the recent shooting incident at Fort Hood.


April 9, 2014


WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 8, 2014) -- Speaking on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Congresswoman Kaptur again urged House leaders to allow a vote on extending emergency unemployment benefits to more than two million Americans.

The Senate has already approved the extended benefits legislation, but the House still has not acted.


March 21, 2014

CLEVELAND - Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, joined leaders of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR) and Cleveland’s NASA Glenn Research Center at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the development of next generation batteries for use in future space missions.


March 13, 2014

WASHINGTON (March 13, 2014) – Congresswoman Kaptur expressed her appreciation to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel for his leadership during the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.  Testifying before the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, Secretary Hagel addressed the situation in Ukraine prior to discussing the Defense Department’s Fiscal Year 2015 budget with committee members.


March 7, 2014

A 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement Results in
Moving Production of Medium-Duty Trucks from Mexico to Ohio


CLEVELAND – U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) today praised the decision by Ford Motor Company to invest $168 million in Northern Ohio and move production of two new medium-duty truck models from Mexico to Ohio.


March 6, 2014

Kaptur Praises House Vote for Ukraine
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 6, 2014) -- Congresswoman Kaptur praised an overwhelming bipartisan vote today in the U.S. House of Representatives to approve $1 billion in aid to Ukraine in the wake of last week’s Russian invasion of Crimea.
The measure passed the House 385-23 after it was brought to the House floor by the Appropriations Committee.


March 3, 2014

TOLEDO, Ohio (March 3, 2014) -- Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) today called upon the world community to help strengthen the fledgling government in Ukraine, which she termed "very weak."


February 14, 2014

TOLEDO (Feb. 14, 2014) - Congresswoman Kaptur today formally announced a federal award of $92,680 for technical assistance to Nueva Esperanza Community Credit Union, which serves a predominately Latino clientele in south Toledo.