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More than 60 House Democrats are urging leadership to make the opioid crisis a top priority in the new Congress. The Democrats said Congress should dedicate more funding and staff to addressing the crisis, which killed 47,600 people in 2017. "Despite previous Congressional efforts to provide more resources to combat the opioid crisis to states and communities across this nation, there is much more to do," said Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio,), who led the letter, along with Reps.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Dean of the Ohio Delegation and Senior Member of the House Appropriations Committee, yesterday joined House Democrats to pass the FY 2019 Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) appropriations bill to remove all doubt that hard-working Ohioans will receive their tax refunds in full and on time.
Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Annie Kuster (NH-02), and Donald Norcross (NJ-01) are leading more than sixty of their colleagues in calling on Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer to prioritize policies that will help tackle the opioid epidemic.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Dean of the Ohio Delegation and senior Member of the House Appropriations Committee, will be sworn into the 116th Congress today by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Speaker Pelosi will conduct an individual ceremonial swearing-in ceremony for Rep. Kaptur following the en masse oath of office on the Floor of the House of Representatives at 12 noon. Rep. Kaptur is the longest-serving woman in U.S. House of Representatives history, achieving this milestone in March of 2018.