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Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Senior Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, celebrated the House of Representatives' unanimous bipartisan passage of the Care for Military Kids Act.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, is honored to receive Growth Energy’s “2024 Biofuels Champion — Fueling Growth Award” for her steadfast leadership in advancing biofuels policies that benefit farmers, producers, and consumers in Northwest Ohio and across the nation.
Toledo, Ohio – Today, the Lucas County Board of Commissioners voted to enter into an agreement to move forward with a project that will provide a reliable sanitary sewer system in the unsewered areas of Curtice-Williston. Kaptur’s effort will lower ratepayers’ contribution to the project and reduce sewage discharge into the community and Lake Erie.
Ney, Ohio – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) joined Fire Chief Justin Sheets and the Ney-Washington Fire Department (NWFD) to celebrate the grand opening of their new state-of-the-art firehouse facility.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Chair and Co-Founder of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus led a dozen colleagues in a letter to President Biden requesting that the Department of Energy (DOE) prioritize and expedite review of projects that will supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Ukrainian and Eastern European allies as it recommences the processing of applications for authorization to export LNG to countries where the US does not have existing free trade agreements (non-FTA nations).
In the News
By: Tom Troy, Toledo Blade
June 22, 2016
U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) proposed an amendment to a House bill today that would prohibit a person on the "no-fly list" of the Terrorism Watch List from being able to buy a gun. It was voted down.
The exchange occurred during debate on appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security.
To put someone's name on the terrorism watch list a law enforcement agency must have "reasonable suspicion" that an individual is involved somehow in terrorism.
By: Stephen Koff, The Plain Dealer
June 21, 2016
By: Hazel Bradford, Pensions & Investments
June 21, 2016
By: Tom Jackson, Sandusky Register
June 21, 2016
Teamsters in northern Ohio and other areas of the Midwest.
Only a full-fledged investigation can uncover why the fund is in such bad shape, Kaptur said.
By David B. Brandolph, Bloomberg BNA
June 20, 2016
Fifty-one Democratic lawmakers have asked the GAO to investigate the financially troubled Central States pension fund's investment decisions.
Ten Democrats in the Senate and 41 in the House requested on June 20 that the Government Accountability Office review the Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund's investment decisions going back to 1982, when the fund came under the supervision of a court-ordered consent decree.