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Oak Harbor, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) visited the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant to announce a $19.2 Million federal funding investment from the Department of Energy (DOE) for the new Nuclear Reactor Safety Training and Workforce Development program to be administered at the University of Toledo.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus, Congressman Steny Hoyer (MD-05), Former Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Congressman Bill Keating (MA-09), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee On Europe, and Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21), Ranking Member of the Transatlantic Legislators’ Dialogue released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s threat to withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Alliance.
Washington, DC – Today, Co-Chairs of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus—Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Mike Quigley (IL-05), and Joe Wilson (SC-02)—along with Ukraine Caucus Member Representative Greg Landsman (OH-01), issued the following statement in response to a new report from the Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab (Yale HRL), which links Russian energy giants Gazprom and Rosneft to Russia’s illegal and systemic kidnapping, detention, indoctrination, and militarization of Ukrainian children. The report comes amid recent efforts by the Administration to ease oil sanctions on these same Russian entities.
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Before Congress recesses for the election season, it has one very important piece of business to conduct — the funding of the recently passed Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act.
There should be no debate, no partisan bickering. Failure by congressmen to reach a deal to fund the opioid overdose fight would be irresponsible and a dramatic failure in meeting the needs of the constituents they serve.
LORAIN, Sept. 19, 2016: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9), along with representatives of the Smithsonian Museum, the Ohio Commission on Hispanic and Latino Affairs (OCHLA), the Lorain Historical Society, and the Lorain Arts Council, presented the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation’s highest civilian award, to: Miquel Berlingeri, Carlos Móntes, Julio Santiago-Montanez, and Francisco Colón, four members of the U.S. Army’s 65th Infantry Regiment in recognition of their pioneering military service.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) -- Maine Congressman Bruce Poliquin knows the effects of addiction all too well.
"He would be with us today if he were able to solve this problem," Poliquin (R-ME-2) said.
Poliquin lost his brother to drug and alcohol abuse after a decades-long struggle. Now, Poliquin is asking House leadership for help so other families can get treatment before it’s too late.
“We need to make sure we have the funding necessary to take care of those in need," Poliquin added.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) -- "If they care about life this is an arena where we need a lot of attention," Ohio Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9) said.
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, every 25 minutes a baby is born with opioid withdrawal. It’s just one consequence of America’s drug crisis.
"Just imagine starting your life out with the tremors, the shakes, the sensitivity to light, to touch, to sound," West Virginia Congressman Evan Jenkins (R-WV-3) added.
By Richard Payerchin, The Morning Journal
Local veterans who earned their share of a Congressional Gold Medal got to see the award in a Lorain ceremony dedicated to their achievements.
Veterans, elected officials, family and friends gathered Sept. 19 to see the medal given to the Borinqueneers, the U.S. Army’s 65th Infantry Regiment made up of soldiers from Puerto Rico.