Press Releases
"Moreover, the continued diversification of the strategic metals in Brush Wellman's product line is essential to our region's leadership role in this vital sector. The collaboration between AEM and Brush Engineered Materials is a win-win for our communities, both Amherst and Elmore, and also for our nation."
Congresswoman Kaptur issued this statement following the Department of Labor's report of the November unemployment rate:
"The Toledo refinery has been selected to process this massive new source of petroleum into gasoline and other fuels. This will lock in our region’s position as a key player in the transportation fuels industry in North America."
Congresswoman Kaptur also said:
“The recovery must reach deeper to lift workers and families that have been impacted by the current recession. We must reverse the trend towardoutsourcing of good jobs. The winning strategy is to ‘Invent in America’ and ‘Make and Grow It in America Again.’
Congresswoman Kaptur said many of the young people who are processed in the juvenile justice system suffer from mental illness. “We simply haveto do a better job in this community of dealing with juvenile mental illness,” she said.
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Congresswoman Kaptur made a statement at the first hearing held by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) in Sandusky on the electric rate hikes experienced by her constituents, many of whom are retired and living on a fixed income.
