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Toledo, Ohio – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) joined the Northwest Ohio Area Office on Aging to celebrate 89 years of Social Security and to voice opposition to efforts to cut benefits and raise the retirement age in exchange for tax breaks for the wealthy. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law 89 years ago today, on August 14, 1935.
Toledo, Ohio – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced a significant research award to the University of Toledo from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The award, totaling $459,353, supports NIH’s Biological Response to Environmental Health Hazards Program and will focus on algal blooms and cyanobacteria.
Toledo, Ohio – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded $1,782,322 under the FY24 Airport Improvement Program (AIG) to the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority. This award will be utilized for the acquisition of two multi-tasking snow removal units at the Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport (TOL).
Toledo, Ohio – Today, in advance of the two-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development applauds newly released data from the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and IRS and new analysis by the Office of Economic Policy showing that more than 109,000 Ohio families benefitted from more than $150 Million in tax credits to lower the costs of clean energy and energy efficiency upgrades to their homes dur
Toledo, Ohio – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that the University of Toledo Health Science Campus has been awarded $421,047 from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. This award will fund innovative research aimed at understanding the link between developmental exposure to organic chemical compounds and neurodevelopmental disorders.
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By: Jonnelle Marte, Washington Post
May 30, 2016
One of the nation’s largest multi-employer pension funds said that it is out of ideas for ways to save itself from an impending failure.
After the Treasury Department rejected its Hail Mary proposal, which would have substantially cut benefits for some retirees, the Central States Pension Fund has little choice but to turn to a federal insurance program that is supposed to offer a lifeline to troubled pension funds.
But there’s one major problem — that program is expected to run out of money, too.
By: Associated Press
May 28, 2016
Officials say a planned wind-farm project in Lake Erie has received a $40 million federal grant for construction costs.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Toledo and other officials announced Friday that Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. will receive the U.S. Department of Energy money over the next three years.