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"My friends, the Reverend Doctor King was known for many great deeds, for his great leadership and for his eloquence.
One of my favorite quotes from Dr. King goes like this: "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice."
Think about that statement.
Ohio Rep Pushes for Creation of a Modern-Day Civilian Conservation Corps
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, welcoming the latest report showing 200,000 new jobs last month, this morning urged Congress and the Obama Administration to redouble efforts to address the jobs crisis in hard-hit areas such as Ohio.
"The economy added 1.6 million jobs last year, but we still have a long way to go in Ohio and other hard-hit areas of the country," said Kaptur.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has created a program to help consumers find answers on consumer financial products and services and respond to consumer complaints regarding the business practices of banks and other institutions supervised by the CFPB.
Organizations throughout the Ninth Congressional District will receive more than $6 million in federal assistance to help the homeless, including $4.1 million in Toledo and Lucas County, according to U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH-9).
Kaptur announced a series of awards from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Continuum of Care initiative to combat homelessness.
Here we go again. Another phony crisis, courtesy of the extremists in the House Republican Caucus.
House Republicans have never met a deal that they couldn't find a reason to dislike. They abhor compromise so much that they've now resorted to fighting their colleagues in the other body in order to avoid doing something positive for the country such as cutting the payroll tax, or extending jobless benefits, or approving a Medicare fix for our doctors.
The House of Representatives approved the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012 by a vote of 296-121 to avoid a government shutdown.
This compromise measure will keep the government operating and also make investments to sustain the economic recovery and spur job growth.
One such investment is the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI). Working in a bipartisan fashion on the Appropriations Committee, I was able to help restore $50 million to bring the funding back to last year's level.
All along the Lake Erie coast, we have seen the importance of the GLRI:
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur organized a meeting today with Cleveland's Western Reserve Land Conservancy and officials from the U.S. Department of Treasury to express concern over Ohio's lingering housing crisis and to encourage additional federal assistance for Ohio's struggling homeowners.
Congresswoman Kaptur's statement as prepared for delivery at the China Commission hearing on December 13, 2011:
This hearing asks the question, "Has China Kept Its Promises to the WTO?"
The answer is a clear and unmistakable no.
In a marathon House hearing that lasted over eight hours, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur listened as former CEO of Goldman Sachs and MF Global Jon Corzine testified before the House Agriculture Committee on December 8, 2011.
Mr. Corzine was subpoenaed by the House Agriculture Committee to explain how MF Global collapsed in one of the largest bankruptcies in U.S. history with more than a billion dollars missing from their clients' segregated accounts.
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur met with George H. Lambert, Jr., the new president and CEO of the Lorain County Urban League, Inc.