Press Releases
December 11, 2009
Click on the picture below to watch the Congresswoman's floor speech.
December 7, 2009
Currently, approximately 1.3 million active home loans were obtained using VA's Home Loan Guaranty Program, which protects the lender from loss if the borrower fails to repay the loan. Congresswoman Kaptur noted that more than 90 percent of VA-guaranteed loans are made without a down payment.
December 4, 2009
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December 2, 2009
“Building a fully operational solar installation, such as the solar plant at the 180th Air National Guard base, illustrates our region’s commitment to alternative energy as a source of jobs in the future,” Congresswoman Kaptur said. “Developing a local, domestic source for inverters demonstrates that we’re serious about being a leader in green jobs.”
November 20, 2009
At a time when many communities are facing cuts to basic services due to budget pressure, the Act allows local fire departments to provide training, purchase equipment and vehicles, and hire personnel.
November 19, 2009
“The purpose of the Jobs Now! Caucus is to take a stand for putting our families, our communities and our nation back to work,” Congresswoman Kaptur said.
November 18, 2009
"Back when America had a positive trade balance, people could find jobs,” Kaptur said. “When we started experiencing massive trade deficits, America’s economy started to deteriorate. Good jobs were lost, our economy began to sputter, and our middle class started to shrink as real wages declined despite rising worker productivity.”
November 13, 2009
The new legislation, which President Obama has signed into law, extends and expands the provisions of the popular homebuyer tax credit program that was implemented earlier this year as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the economic stimulus bill).
November 9, 2009
November 3, 2009
The bill is known as the Financial Crisis of 2008 Criminal Investigation and Prosecution Act.
“Due to crippling personnel limitations, the FBI has been unable to assign sufficient agents to investigate the current global financial crisis, despite having identified the ‘epidemic’ of fraud in the mortgage markets as early as September 2004,” Kaptur said.