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Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, held a Subcommittee hearing on the Trump Administration's fiscal year 2020 budget request for the Department of Energy's Science, Energy, and Environmental Management Programs.
Chairwoman Kaptur Opening Statement As Prepared For Delivery
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, held a Subcommittee hearing on the Trump Administration's fiscal year 2020 budget request for the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA).
Rep. Kaptur Opening Statement As Prepared For Delivery
The Subcommittee will come to order.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), the longest serving woman in the history of the U.S. House, released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act, which strengthens and closes loopholes in the 1963 Equal Pay Act, including effective remedies for women who are not receiving equal pay for equal work.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, held a Subcommittee hearing on the Trump Administration's fiscal year 2020 budget request for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation. The Trump budget cuts funding for the Army Corps by 31% and funding for the Bureau of Reclamation by 28%. Chairwoman Kaptur strongly opposes these proposed cuts.
Rep. Kaptur Opening Statement As Prepared For Delivery
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9), Co-Chair of the Congressional Poland Caucus, hosted Ms. Magdalena Adamowicz, wife of late Mayor of Gdansk, Poland, Paweł Adamowicz, and their daughter Antonina Adamowicz for a roundtable discussion with lawmakers, diplomats, and policy experts to honor Mayor Adamowicz's memory and discuss policy issues related to U.S.-Poland relations and democracy in Poland. Gdansk, Poland is a sister-city of Cleveland, Ohio.
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March 26, 2019
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Kaptur Holds Hearing on Trump Budget Request for Department of Energy
Cleveland — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9), alongside medical experts and patient advocates, joined together for a press conference to call on the Trump Administration to reopen the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) for negotiations so that a disastrous provision locking high prescription drug costs for millions of U.S. patients can be eliminated.
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), the longest serving woman in the United States Congress, senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, and Co-Chair of the Congressional Poland Caucus, today introduced the "Paweł Adamowicz Democratic Leadership Exchange Act of 2019", which would establish increased democratic exchange between the United States and Poland.
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), a senior member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, released the following statement after a document released Monday by Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan identified that a $15 million project at Toledo Express Airport could be diverted to pay for President Trump's border wall.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Kaptur spoke in favor of H. Con. Res. 24, expressing the sense of Congress that the report of Special Counsel Mueller, including any findings, should be made available to the public and Congress. The legislation subsequently passed the House of Representatives with an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 420-0. Below are Rep. Kaptur's remarks during floor debate on the bill: