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Toledo, Ohio – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), a senior member of House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, and Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation introduced the bipartisan Gold Star Spouse Healthcare Enhancement Act. Currently, surviving spouses retain healthcare coverage through TRICARE in the “active-duty family member” category for just three years after their servicemember passes away.
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Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the subcommittee’s fiscal year 2026 budget hearing for the Army Corps of Engineers (Civil Works) and the Bureau of Reclamation:
Americans pay the highest prescription drug prices in the world — in some cases,
Washington, DC – Tonight, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after House Republicans reconvened a Budget Committee hearing at 10 pm on Sunday evening. While most Americans are preparing for the work week and not tuned in, The GOP has failed to advance its legislation to kick 13.7 million Americans off their health care, and make middle-class families suffer in order to fund Trillions in tax giveaways to Millionaires, Billionaires, and wealthy corporate donors.
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by Lauren Lindstrom -- Blade Staff Writer
A new food pantry and clothing donation center opened its doors today with food and fellowship, in hopes of creating a culture of what organizers called “abundant sharing.”
The Marketplace for All People is a new program of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in downtown Toledo. It invites people to shop for food, clothing, and household items.
by Brad Nicken -- Chronicle-Telegram
LAGRANGE TWP. — Lorain County has received a $4.3 million loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to finance a planned new sewage system for the Pheasant Run housing development in LaGrange Township, U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur’s office announced Thursday.
The money, which must be repaid over a 40-year period at a 2.25 percent interest rate, will be used to run a nearly 4.5-mile long sewage line from the 533-home subdivision to a wastewater treatment plant in LaGrange.
By Kerry Young, CQ Roll Call
August 12, 2016—A sweeping report on the prices that federal agencies pay for prescription drugs could be made public within weeks, providing new fodder for the intensifying debate about the rising costs of medicine in the United States, according to the office of the lawmaker who requested it.
Helen Bentley: "Indefatigable Lady of Baltimore Harbor"
By Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio)
Last week, America paid a respectful tribute to a precious patriot, and I lost a beloved former colleague, pioneering Congresswoman Helen Delich Bentley. Endearingly dubbed "Lady of the Harbor" by her admirers, Rep. Bentley stood her ground and championed her causes with gusto, wit, and humor.
by James McCarty, The Plain Dealer
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today approved a $4.3 million low-interest loan to a Lorain County housing subdivision to help pay for improvements to a wastewater treatment plant that has been dumping hundreds of thousands of gallons of raw sewage into a nearby creek for years.