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February 5, 2018 Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) wrote to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb regarding the current shortage of IV saline and other critical medical products. The shortage resulted from the devastation Hurricane Maria wrought on Puerto Rico’s many major manufacturing facilities.

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February 2, 2018 Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the Energy and Water Appropriations Committee, which has oversight over the U.S.

February 2, 2018 Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13), Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11), and Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) issued the following joint statement regarding the U.S. Department of Labor’s efforts to put forth a harmful rule that would make it legal for employers’ to take a portion of workers earned tips.

February 2, 2018 Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Congresswoman Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), led 29 Senators and 63 Representatives in a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb regarding the current shortage of IV saline and other critical medical products.

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January 24, 2018 Press Release

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Chair of the House Great Lakes Task Force, released the following statement regarding news that Canada would invest an estimated $16 million (USD) to expand its program to combat Asian Carp:

January 23, 2018 Press Release

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Dean of the Ohio Delegation, led a bipartisan group of eight Midwestern lawmakers in a letter to President Donald Trump seeking support for the Hyperloop Transportation Initiative — a grant program to accelerate the development of this technology and the opportunities it could create for Ohio and other Midwest states.

January 22, 2018 Press Release

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), the senior Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee and Dean of the Ohio Delegation, issued the following statement after voting YES on the House passage of a three-week spending bill:

January 20, 2018 Press Release

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), slammed Trump Administration Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney after he derided efforts to provide pension relief to millions of retirees by calling it a “bailout.” See that clip here.

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