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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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PUT-IN-BAY - Though the island's most popular attraction is open only five months a year, during that span the Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial typically hosts between 150,000 to 200,000 people.
Next season, however, the iconic column that is home to one of the highest open air observation decks in the National Park Service, which island visitors have been flocking to for the last century, will be closed for repairs.
PORT CLINTON — The Ottawa County Transportation Agency could update its fleet with federal grant funds in the near future.
The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced the local agency will receive part of a $6.7 million grant awarded to the Ohio Department of Transportation.
The grant allows public transportation systems in rural communities to update or replace old vehicles. Ottawa County is one of 35 counties across the state to qualify for a slice of these funds, according to a news release.
In 1982, Tim Blake writes a song. He is not yet a full decade into his work at U.S. Steel, that titan of the local economy and the foothold for thousands of families in Lorain. It is in that Northeast Ohio city that he confronts the wildfire of local and national steel layoffs in the early 1980s with a weary optimism. The song is called "Take Another Route."
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Federal Aviation Administration will give Cleveland Hopkins International Airport an $8 million grant to prevent the recurrence of runway deicing problems that resulted in unsafe winter conditions at the airport, according to Toledo Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur.
Kaptur said the grant is on top of more than $22 million that the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded Hopkins in July to improve the airport's snow removal fleet and reconfigure its taxiways to improve sightlines for pilots and airfield crews.
The December budget deal directed HHS and the Veteran’s Administration to produce a report on prices paid by federal health programs on prescription drugs going back to 2003 as well as an analysis of the resources it takes to bring a new drug to market. That was supposed to be due six months later — in June — and could throw fuel onto the drug price fire. The office of Rep. Marcy Kaptur, who requested the report, said in late August that it was due “within weeks” — so keep an eye out.