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"Almost seven decades have elapsed since the Soviets committed these crimes," Kaptur said, "and it is long overdue for all U.S. records to be made public."
Farmers in Lucas County could be eligible for drought-related disaster assistance under an emergency designation that was issued by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
Nine Ohio counties were added to the disaster list, including Defiance, Fulton and Henry. Benefits are available for 11 contiguous counties, which include Lucas, Wood and Williams.
Farm operators in the primary and contiguous counties are eligible to be considered for certain assistance from the Farm Service Agency (FSA), provided eligibility requirements are met.
Congresswoman Kaptur said the Lorain County Regional Airport has received an award of $246,465 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to rehabilitate the existing taxiway pavement that has reached the end of its useful life.
“The airport is the front door to the community,” said Congresswoman Kaptur. “In an era of multi-modal transportation, a top quality airport is crucial to economic development.”
Average basic premiums for Medicare prescription drug plans are expected to remain constant next year, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The average 2013 monthly premium is expected to be $30.
The Affordable Care Act is "a home run" for seniors, Congresswoman Kaptur said during a telephone town hall meeting on Medicare and Social Security.
The new health care law, Congresswoman Kaptur said, "actually expands the ability of seniors to obtain care," and provides a host of free preventive services such as mammograms, prostate exams, colonoscopies, and diabetes screenings.
She said more than a million Ohioans have already taken advantage of the free preventive services provided by Obamacare.
Congresswoman Kaptur issued the following statement about the bus explosion, an apparent terrorist attack, that claimed the lives of at least six Israeli tourists in Bulgaria:
The horrific terrorist attack on Israeli tourists in Bulgaria must be condemned in the strongest terms and those responsible for this atrocity must be brought to justice.
Just yesterday, the House of Representatives expressed our ongoing commitment to the security of Israel and the Israeli people.
The DISCLOSE Act would require the organizations that are flooding the airwaves with political commercials to reveal their funding sources.
“Senate Republicans voted for secrecy over transparency,” said Congresswoman Kaptur.
Congresswoman Kaptur has renewed her call to defend Lake Erie from the Asian carp by separating the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds.
Her comments came after the Michigan and Ohio natural resources departments jointly announced that water samples taken last year from the Sandusky Bay in Ohio and North Maumee Bay in Michigan had tested positive for Asian carp environmental DNA.
Congresswoman Kaptur this afternoon urged House colleagues to oppose provisions in the proposed five-year farm bill that would deny Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (SNAP) to three million Americans.
“The farm bill takes food off the table of up to three million Americans and asks nothing of millionaires and billionaires. What a shame,” Congresswoman Kaptur said on the floor of the House.
Toledo-based ProMedica Physician Group, Inc. is one of four organizations in Ohio to have been selected by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide better care for Medicare beneficiaries at a lower cost.
ProMedica Physician Group was one of 89 providers in the country that began participation in the new Medicare Shared Savings Program on July 1.