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LORAIN (September 29, 2014) – Congresswoman Kaptur congratulated Lorain County Community College today on receiving a major federal award for expanded job training in advanced manufacturing technologies.
LCCC received a $5.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to act as the lead college in a consortium of 11 Ohio schools that will offer enhanced work-based training opportunities in the growing field of advanced manufacturing.
“Lorain County Community College stands above the crowd once again,” said Congresswoman Kaptur. “The Department of Labor clearly recognizes the LCCC’s Center for Manufacturing Excellence as a model for job growth and economic development,” she said.
Kaptur yesterday voted in favor of arming Syrian rebels against the ISIL radical movement that has captured territory both in Iraq and Syria.
Kaptur, ranking member of the Energy and Water Subcommittee, said the House of Representatives is hurting job growth and the economic recovery with its indecisiveness.
"Once again this house is scrambling to pass another continuing resolution," Kaptur said. "This is a classic definition of dysfunction, kicking the can down the road, shirking our responsibility to address the priorities of our nation through clear 2015 departmental funding levels and decisiveness."
Kaptur, co-chair of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, co-sponsored the bipartisan resolution that was offered by Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-Pennsylvania).
Here is Congresswoman Kaptur's statement on the House floor in support of the resolution:
Senators Portman, Brown Offer Companion LegislationWASHINGTON, D.C. – Working together with Ohio's two senators, U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (Ohio-9) today introduced legislation directing the federal EPA to publish a health advisory on microcystin and to submit reports on what constitutes a safe level of the toxin in drinking water.
Because there is no U.S. national drinking water safety standard for mycrosystis in drinking water, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency defaulted to the World Health Organization standard of 1 part per billion in carrying out tests of Toledo's water quality during the emergency last month.
USEPA Administrator Gina McCarthy made the announcement this afternoon at a Great Lakes conference in Washington, D.C.
The $12 million will be used to expand monitoring and forecasting, increase incentives for farmers to reduce phosphorus runoff, and improve measurement of phosphorus in the tributaries of Lake Erie.
"This is one of those moments in history where that kind of decision has to be made," said Congresswoman Kaptur on "New Day" with Kate Bolduan.
Kaptur, a co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, has sponsored the Ukraine Security Assistance Act of 2014 (H.R. 5190).
TOLEDO - (August 15, 2014) - Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) today announced a Federal Aviation Administration award of $548,734 to the Put-in-Bay Port Authority for taxiway work at the airport.
The project will fund construction of 1,670 feet of partial parallel taxiway to provide access to the hangars and reconstruction of 2,550 feet of pavement on Taxiway A that has reached the end of its useful life.
“Transportation is crucial to the economy of the islands,” said Congresswoman Kaptur.
“Certainly the airport is vital during the winter months but also opens the door for tourists to a wonderful experience.”
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WASHINGTON - (August 8, 2014) - Congressional Ukrainian Caucus Co-Chairs Jim Gerlach (R-PA) and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) on Friday said that the United States cannot allow Russia to continue its military buildup along the Ukrainian border.
Gerlach, who for months has been advocating for a firm response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea and Putin’s support of pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine that resulted in a Malaysian passenger jet being shot down, once again called on President Obama to authorize an immediate infusion of American military and security assistance to help Ukraine maintain its sovereignty as well as protect its military and its citizens.
TOLEDO - (August 3, 2014) - Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) this evening called upon the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) to release immediately all water sample findings pertinent to the Toledo emergency.
Following a 30-minute conference call that her office arranged with Region 5 Administrator Susan Hedman earlier this evening, Congresswoman Kaptur urged the agency to increase general public understanding about the Toledo crisis by making the results available to the public.
“The public has a right to know,” she said to Administrator Hedman.