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“Today we do what is morally right and economically just. Today we give America's working women a real dose of liberty,” said Kaptur, speaking on the floor in favor of the bill. Congresswoman Kaptur highlighted the historic difficulties faced by working women and recalled how her own mother had been unable to earn minimum wage until the passage of the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act. “In passing this act, I do so in memory of our mother and millions and millions of American women who ask only to be treated fairly in the workplace and earn equal pay for equal work and get that check.”

A reminder: travelers who enter the United States must present documents denoting citizenship and identity. Oral declaration, once accepted for U.S. and Canadian citizens, is no longer sufficient.

Travelers must present documentation from a specified list of acceptable documents when entering the U.S. from land and sea ports of entry. Examples include birth certificates and driver’s licenses. Travelers who do not present one of these documents may be delayed while Customs and Border Protection officers attempt to verify their identity and citizenship.

“The Army recognizes the innovation and unmatched capabilities that ARES has worked hard to demonstrate,” said Kaptur, a senior Member of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee. “I have long worked to bring together Northwest Ohio’s excellent workforce and forward-thinking companies like ARES with the federal government, and this match illustrates our region’s immense potential.”

“The communist government of China captures the gold medal forunfair trade practices,” she said, citing a report by the EconomicPolicy Institute (EPI) that revealed the growing U.S. trade deficitwith China has cost our economy 2.3 million jobs between 2001 and 2007,including 366,000 last year alone.

“This report illustrates how trade with closed economies isn’t freetrade at all. We are sacrificing our values and selling our security tothe lowest bidder,” Kaptur said.

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, the senior woman in the House ofRepresentatives, did her part for historical preservation this week.

Congresswoman Kaptur joined Chairman George Miller of the Education andLabor Committee in a short ceremony to re-hang the portrait of MaryTeresa Norton, who chaired the House Labor Committee from 1937 through1946.

Due in large part to $25 million in federal funds secured byCongresswoman Kaptur, Brush Engineered Materials, Inc. recentlyannounced a $90 million investment to construct a primary berylliumfacility to supply the U.S. Department of Defense.

The innovative public-private partnership will result in a new facilityto complement Brush Wellman’s existing factory in Elmore. The newfacility will result in the creation of at least 25 jobs and retentionof approximately 118 jobs.

The innovative public-private partnership will result in a new facility to complement Brush Wellman’s existing factory in Elmore. The new facility will result in the creation of at least 25 jobs and retention of approximately 118 jobs.

“The workmanship and professionalism at this facility are unmatched,” said Congresswoman Kaptur, who noted that the Elmore plant had beat out several other sites for the project.

“You play an important role in our national defense,” Kaptur said. “You are absolutely the best that America has to offer.”