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Toledo,Ohio --Calling it "a Real Valentine" for area youth and families,Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) announced $200,000 in federal support todayto the Connecting Point, an intervention and treatment facility in Toledo.The award contributed to the facility's plans to expand and renovate its CherryStreet campusbuildings. This is part of a two-phase initiative over the next three yearsthat will include the addition of a residential facility. It will allowresidential services for both genders and the integration of a residential andintensive outpatient treatment center for youth with a dual diagnosis of mentalhealth and substance abuse.
"The United Statesbecomes more and more beholden to foreign interests that are financing thesedeficits," continued Kaptur. "We are not only shipping jobs overseas, weare shipping billions of dollars in interest payments on U.S. debt now held byforeign interests. Is it is no surprise that retailing of foreign goodsis now America'sbiggest business."
Kaptur has introduced the Balancing Trade Act of 2005 (HR 4405) which willrequire the President to take action when Americafaces deficits like we see today. It would mandate that the Presidentcorrect these imbalanced trading relationships with any nation where ourdeficit with them would equal $10 billion for 3 consecutive years.
"Americaprospers when all of her people prosper, and Americathrives when the President offers real leadership for the most difficultchallenges we face. With that as our measure President Bush's remarkstonight fell far from the mark. We need an Americathat is job rich, debt free, energy independent, and has its trade accounts onan equal level. Yet words alone cannot fix what the republic requires.
TOLEDO, OHIO - Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) released the following statement inresponse to data released today showing that the Department of Veterans Affairs(VA) turned away nearly 10,000 (see page 2) Ohio veterans who appliedfor VA health care in FY 2005 due to the Administration's enrollment ban. More than 260,000 veterans nationwide applied to receive health care at the VAbut were turned away because of the Bush Administration's cost-cutting decisionto limit veterans' access to VA hospitals, clinics and medications. Kaptur has joined congressional Democrats in calling on President Bush to seekadequate funding in FY 2007 to allow these veterans to get care and medicationsat the VA.
Whitehouse, Ohio -- Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9)visited Bittersweet Farms today, a treatment facility for individuals withautism, to announce a $1.3 housing award for the construction of 12 newresidential units on the organization's property in Whitehouse, Ohio.