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Ohio Congressional members say pick Ravenna for future missile defense system
By Paula Schleis
Beacon Journal staff writer
In a rare show of bipartisan support, 17 Congress members from Ohio are urging that Ravenna become the site of a new military missile defense system.
In a letter to Vice Admiral James D. Syring, director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), the signers state: “Ohioans stand ready to support the defense of our nation and look forward to this potential opportunity to strengthen the regional economy.”
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) today announced that the Middle Bass Island Airport has secured $223,405 in a competitive grant award for designated runway improvements, to include new sealing and remarking of 1,855 feet of Runway 10/28 to “maintain the structural integrity of the pavement and to minimize foreign object debris.” The competitive grant was awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA.
Speaking of the Fed conference, three Democratic lawmakers on Thursday wrote to Fed Chair Janet Yellen, thanking her for the central bank’s focus on inequality and the impact of the economic recovery on neglected communities. “We are concerned, however, that some of your work may be undercut by the failure of all Federal Reserve entities to follow your lead,” they wrote, expressing worries that workers of color might have a harder time being heard at the Jackson Hole conference.
Washington, DC, August 19, 2016: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) announced that the University of Toledo (UT) has secured a total of $375,000 in federal research funds from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support five research projects, namely in the fields of cybersecurity, advanced materials manufacturing, smart grid technology and three-dimensional cell culture.
WASHINGTON, DC– Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) joined the National Science Foundation (NSF) to announce the award of $50,000 to The University of Toledo for the purpose of designing “a market ready gas sensor system to monitor hazardous and industrial gas leakages such as chlorine and ammonia” which will have “potential applications in diverse fields such as: bleaching industries involving food, clothes and papers, agriculture, defense, and others.”