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July 3, 2012
Members of the United Steelworkers of America presented Congresswoman Kaptur with a certificate of appreciation for co-sponsoring the Bring Home Jobs Act (H.R. 5542).

Sponsored by U.S. Rep. William Pascrell (D-New Jersey), the Act would cut taxes for U.S. companies that move jobs and business operations to America from another country and end tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas.

The Act was sponsored in the U.S. Senate by Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) and has the support of President Obama, who has urged Congress to pass it.

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;

Young people up to the age of 28 in Ohio can remain on their parents’ insurance plans, and are not left out as before;


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.

“I’m very impressed by the hiring fair,” Kaptur said. “We owe it to our veterans from Northern Ohio to learn about job opportunities in both the public and private sector and also about services such as health care.”

Thousands of veterans poured into Cobo Center in downtown Detroit for three-day event organized by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

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.

The award to Toledo is one of only 12 in Ohio and part of $111 million nationally to create or preserve local law enforcement jobs.

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.

“Toledo is one of only 15 grantees in the country to receive an award,” said Congresswoman Kaptur. “It will put people to work and at the same time meet local environmental challenges.”


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.

“The announcement comes at a most opportune time,” said Congresswoman Kaptur, noting that a new VA clinic is scheduled to open this fall on campus of the University of Toledo Medical Center.

At the new clinic, she said, the VA will provide psychological examinations for compensation and pension as well as intensive case management.


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.

Seventy years ago today, I want to commemorate another historic World War II battle—the Battle of Midway, when the United States Navy struck back at Imperial Japan, turning the tide in the Pacific and paving the way to a great American victory at sea.