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Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that three Northwest Ohio organizations have been awarded a combined total of more than $3.7 Million in new federal funding from the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families. These awards, made through the Responsible Fatherhood Program, will strengthen families by supporting fathers with tools for responsible parenting, healthy relationships, and economic stability.
The recipients are:
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) voted against the Senate Amendment to H.R. 5371 – Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs. Upon her vote, Congresswoman Kaptur released the following statement decrying the corruption in the bill that would enrich Senators believed linked to the January 6 Insurrection plot, while failing to address the imminent health care crisis that will cause insurance rates to increase by 114% nationwide. Kaptur noted that for some Americans, health insurance rates are doubling and tripling.
In the News
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.