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Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that the University of Toledo has been awarded a $473,632 federal research award from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to explore how the body’s immune system — specifically the IL-17 receptor signaling in megakaryocytes — responds to the condition known as oral thrush.
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Toledo, Ohio — 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, sent a
Toledo, Ohio — 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, sent a
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), and Tracey Mann (KS-01) reintroduced the bipartisan and bicameral Farmer First Fuel Incentives Act, which would protect American farmers by restricting the eligibility of the 45Z Tax Credit to renewable fuels made only from domestically sourced feedstocks. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Roger Marshall, MD (R-KS) have introduced an identical companion bill in the United States Senate.
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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.