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June 28, 2012

The Supreme Court decision is right for America. It affirms the right of every American to have access to health insurance that is affordable. It affirms that we are moving toward a system where no one can be left out.

A child with a preexisting condition is afforded equal respect to one who has no such challenge;


June 27, 2012
Congresswoman Kaptur, joining local veterans on a trip to the Veterans Hiring Fair in Detroit, called the event “excellent outreach” to the veterans community.

June 25, 2012
Congresswoman Kaptur announced that the Toledo Police Department will receive $1.875 million from the U.S. Department of Justice under the COPS Hiring Program.

The award, she said, will fund the hiring of as many as 15 officers to increase community policing and prevent crime.

June 21, 2012

The city of Toledo will receive a $200,000 award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) to train and hire workers to address environmental challenges in the community, Congresswoman Kaptur said.


June 19, 2012
Joined by colleague Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Congresswoman Kaptur again introduced a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives recognizing and commending the inspiring services that Catholic Sisters provide our nation.

Approximately 220,000 Catholic sisters have served in the United States since the country was founded.

June 18, 2012
TOLEDO – Congresswoman Kaptur, a guest on the “Business Blackboard” program on WSPD-AM (Toledo), called the 180th Fighter Wing at Toledo Express Airport “the finest” fighter wing in the country and said capital improvements over the past several years helped secure the base’s future in Northwest Ohio.

June 12, 2012

Congresswoman Kaptur welcomed the announcement by Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki that his department would add approximately 1,600 mental health clinicians to meet the increased demand for services.


June 7, 2012

At a meeting facilitated by Congresswoman Kaptur, officials at Ohio's seven medical schools discussed biomedical research on Wednesday, June 6 with Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Leaders at the University of Toledo's College of Medicine and Life Sciences organized the Capitol Hill session.


June 7, 2012

June 7, 2012

Mr. Speaker:

Yesterday, our nation remembered and commemorated the 68th anniversary of D-Day, the World World Two Allied invasion of Normandy France and the beginning of the liberation of Europe from the forces of tyranny.


June 1, 2012

Congresswoman Kaptur today offered an amendment that would restore $10 million in funding for alternative energy programs in the Energy and Water appropriations measure.

"Our future security depends on diversified energy research and development," Congresswoman Kaptur said during debate on the House floor.