Press Releases
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur today announced three federal fire assistance awards: $308,750 to the Florence Township Fire Department for acquisition of a vehicle and two awards to the Carlisle Township Fire Department totaling $350,493 for vehicle acquisition, operations and safety. Funding was made available through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Assistance for Firefighters Grant (AFG) program.
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur today praised the Navy SEALS who rescued an American citizen who had been kidnapped and held hostage for three months by pirates in Somalia.
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) issued the following statement following President Obama's State of the Union Address:
"As I listened to the president share his vision of a strong America, where our workers innovate and manufacture and compete, I thought about the North Coast and Northern Ohio--because that's what we do.
"When the president talked about "Made in America," I saw the faces of steel workers and autoworkers and solar factory workers--because that's who we are.
"Julie was my first and only choice and I am so pleased that she will be able to attend," said Congresswoman Kaptur.
"Her presence in the gallery of the House of Representatives for the president's speech will certainly add a grace note to the evening."
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur and over a dozen other members of Congress sent a letter to President Obama today urging the White House to take strong action to end the foreclosure, abandonment, and vacancy crises in our region.
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur announced two awards for the University of Toledo University Transportation Center (UTC) from the U.S."OAI is an important partner in our regional job creation strategy, said Kaptur. "Through partnership and innovation, OAI provides value in the aerospace industry. By creating an international alliance with Canada, OAI extends our reach on the continent as leaders in aviation, aerospace, and aeronautics."
"As a Polish-American, I fail to see the humor when the president of a university that is home to the Center for Slavic and East European Studies describes bureaucratic turf battles with administrators at his school as 'shooting each other...kind of like the Polish Army,'" said Kaptur. Nearly half a million Polish Americans reside in Ohio alone.
"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.