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More beneficiaries will receive checks in the coming months as they enter the coverage gap, Congresswoman Kaptur said. Eligible beneficiaries get the checks automatically when they reach the “donut hole,” and need not sign up in order to receive the rebates.
TOLEDO -- U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) today urged the U.S. Senate to act quickly in the wake of the national egg recall to pass legislation to strengthen food safety laws in America.
Congresswoman Kaptur today issued the following statement to mark Women’s Equality Day and to celebrate the 90th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote:
“Ninety years ago today, America finally extended to women the right to vote and took an important step toward achieving its destiny as a nation where equality is embodied in the law.
Companies have long been innovating their products in America and manufacturing them in other countries.
“The reform proposal makes Medicare stronger, makes Medicare more solvent, and makes Medicare an even better program for America’s seniorsthan before.
“Social Security and Medicare are two of the most important programs in American history. For the past 45 years, Medicare has given seniors in America health care security that was previously lacking.
Kaptur drove a Cruze prototype into the Powertrain plant and celebrated with workers and plant officials.
House Democrats last evening urged the Senate to pass unemployment insurance, to be responsive to Americans' needs, to abandon politics, and to give their constituents the benefits they deserve.
The Senate passed the extension today and the House will take it up tomorrow.
Senator Byrd’s great-granddaughters participated in the wreath-laying and Bishop William Boyd Grove, the former Bishop for the W.V. Episcopal Area of the United Methodist Church, gave the invocation.
The welcome introduction was given by Governor Joe Manchin, and the benediction was given by the Reverend James L. Patterson, President of the Partnership for African American Churches.