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Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Energy and Water Subcommittee, joined by Congressman Lloyd Doggett (TX-37) Dean of the Texas Congressional Delegation, and Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) the only meteorologist serving in Congress, today led a forceful letter to federal agencies calling for immediate action following the catastrophic flash flooding in Kerr County, Texas, that claimed over 100 lives. The letter — sent to President Donald J.
Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced two major research awards totaling $650,000 for the University of Toledo from the National Science Foundation (NSF). These investments are a testament to Northwest Ohio’s scientific leadership and a clear reminder of the critical role federal research funding plays in the future of American innovation, education, and security.
Toledo, Ohio — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus released the following statement after President Trump announced the resumption of Military Aid to Ukraine.
Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, issued the following joint statement in response to the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) issuing a report
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) voted against H.R. 1, citing its severe impact on working families, seniors, veterans, and the regional economy of Northwest Ohio.
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Inventor’s likeness is unveiled
By TRACIE MAURIELLO | BLOCK NEWS ALLIANCE
WASHINGTON — He’s Ohio’s homegrown son, but other states have claims to Thomas Edison as well.
New Jersey claims Mr. Edison as its Wizard of Menlo Park, Kentucky offers tours of the Louisville home he briefly lived in while he worked as a telegrapher, and Michigan brags that he peddled newspapers in Port Huron.
Now Washington can claim the legendary inventor too.
By Sabrina Eaton -- Plain Dealer
WASHINGTON - A service dog named Liberty has liberated retired Marine Corps Sgt. Michael Garvey of Maryland from some of the post traumatic stress disorder symptoms he experienced upon returning home from Afghanistan.
"He is my grounding rod, he calms me down so quickly," said Garvey. "If I ever get disoriented, he is like my little rock."
By Jessica Wehrman & Jana Heigl -- The Columbus Dispatch
WASHINGTON — During Thomas Alva Edison’s youth in northern Ohio's Milan, he was known as a restless and imaginative boy whose teacher nevertheless reported to his mother that he was “addled” and “too stupid to learn.”
That curious boy grew up to invent the light bulb, the phonograph, the telegraph, cement and an electronic vote recorder that he unsuccessfully tried to sell to Congress when he was 22. (They eventually embraced the idea, 104 years later.)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Everyone wanted a piece of Thomas Alva Edison on Wednesday afternoon.
Speaking at a U.S. Capitol dedication ceremony for a statue of the prolific inventor from tiny Milan, Ohio, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recalled Edison's time working in a Kentucky telegraph office.
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi likened Edison's laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, to Menlo Park, California: ground zero for Silicon Valley's innovation.
Sheet covering new Edison statue falls off just before the dedication ceremony -
Guests at the dedication of the Thomas Edison statue in the Capitol on Wednesday got a sneak peak — by mistake.
Five minutes before the start of the Statuary Hall ceremony, the fabric covering the statue accidentally dropped.
Members of the Capitol Police Honor Guard then took a few minutes to try and get it back on.
While the crowd laughed as the guards struggled to refit the sheet, a guard lifted his hand, jokingly implying that people shouldn’t look.