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Toledo, OH — Earlier this month, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) of Northwest Ohio joined Congressman Ro Khanna (CA-17), the Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, in sending a
Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced $1.3 Million in United States Department of Justice awards for Legal Aid of Western Ohio (LAWO) based in Toledo. LAWO works to ensure that the most vulnerable people in our communities have the same access to legal resources as those who can hire an attorney. The non-profit’s Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life will receive $700,000 to support victims of abuse over the age of 50 and for the professionals that serve them.
Washington, DC – Yesterday, Ranking Member Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) of the Committee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright demanding answers regarding a political appointee remaining on paid administrative leave nine months after they were removed from their position. The appointee in question, Ms.
Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced $250,000 in Drug-Free Communities (DFC) awards for two Northwest Ohio communities. The awards will be given through the US Department of Health and Human Services and administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. EHOVE Career Center’s Future Leaders Program in Sandusky and the Springfield Area Prevention Coalition in Swanton will each receive awards of $125,000 for substance-abuse prevention efforts.
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US Rep. Marcy Kaptur was honored at Cleveland City Council's meeting for being the longest serving woman in the House of Representatives.
Marcy Kaptur is planting Seeds of Hope this spring. The longest-serving woman in the U.S. House of Representatives, with 35 years in Congress, emerged from a March visit to the farm fields near Zhytomyr, a city of 266,000 people that is 140 kilometers southwest of Kyiv, with new zest over the potential of Ukraine's women and its agricultural sector.
Longtime Ohio lawmaker recently became the longest-serving woman in the House.
Ninth district congressional Representative Marcy Kaptur, who first took office in 1983, is now the longest serving woman in the history of the U.S. House. She broke that record this month, having served more than 12,850 days. And she shows no sign of slowing down.
An Ohio congresswoman is now longest-serving woman in the history of the U.S. House. Democrat Marcy Kaptur set the mark for the longest tenure by a woman last week. She's now been in Congress just over 35 years, surpassing Edith Nourse Rogers, a Massachusetts Republican who served from 1925 until her death in 1960.