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WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and David Joyce (OH-14) applauded the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's passage of their bill, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Act of 2019. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation would reauthorize the GLRI for another five years and increase authorized funding for the program from $300 million annually to $475 million annually by fiscal year 2026.

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), City of Parma Mayor Tim DeGeeter and Parma Fire Chief Mike Lasky today announced that the Parma Fire Department will be awarded $1,051,073.80. The funding was awarded through a competitive grant application through the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency's Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program. The Parma Fire Department will use the funding to hire eight new firefighters.

WASHINGTON — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Chair of the House Auto Caucus, released the following statement after nearly 50,000 General Motors (GM) employees went on strike after contract negotiations between their union the United Auto Workers (UAW) and GM stalled.

WASHINGTON — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), released the following statement after the House Judiciary Committee voted to pass a resolution to implement procedures for future hearings related to the House Judiciary Committee's investigation to determine whether to recommend articles of impeachment with respect to President Donald Trump:

WASHINGTON — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), released the following statement after Dr. Janet L. Kavandi, Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's John H. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, announced her retirement from NASA effective September 30: