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January 31, 2025
Washington, DC – Today, Co-Chair and Co-Founder of the Congressional Poland Caucus Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), and Co-Chairs Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ-04), Congressman Bill Keating (D-MA-09), and Congressman Mike Turner (R-OH-10) announced that they will reestablish the bipartisan Congressional Poland Caucus for the 119th Congress.
January 29, 2025
Toledo, OH – Tonight, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09) released the following statement, on the news of an air crash over Northern Virginia:
“My thoughts and prayers are with the families of those military service members, and air passengers lost in a tragic air crash over Virginia tonight. Search and rescue operations are underway but it is too soon to know the cause. I will work to gain answers in the days ahead."
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January 24, 2025
Toledo, OH – On Friday January 17, 2025 Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) a senior member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense held a reception to honor and announce her 2025 nominees from Ohio's 9th Congressional District to the United States Service Academies: the US Military Academy in West Point, NY; the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD; the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO; and the US Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY.
January 17, 2025
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement upon news that a hostage release and ceasefire agreement had been agreed to between Israel and Hamas.
“On January 15th, negotiators for Hamas and Israel reached a ceasefire agreement to bring peace to Gaza for the first time since 2023. Today Israel voted to officially proceed with the agreement which begins with a 6-week ceasefire to take effect on Sunday, January 19th.
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May 19, 2016
By: David Brandolph, Bloomberg
May 19, 2016
The finances of the Central States pension fund, like those of other dead or dying “zombie” pension plans, need to be investigated, a financial watchdog said.
When money managers, investment consultants and pension plan actuaries are hired to run a multiemployer pension plan's finances, these consultants “never say their expertise will lead to that plan's failure,” Edward Siedle, president of Florida-based Benchmark Financial Services Inc., told Bloomberg
May 19, 2016
By: John Funk, The Plain Dealer
May 19, 2016
The U.S. Department of Energy is advancing another $3.7 million to the Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. to continue engineering work on a proposed wind turbine project in Lake Erie about seven to 10 miles northwest of downtown Cleveland.
"This additional funding will support LEEDCo's offshore wind research and development progress and work associated with permitting, ...
May 19, 2016
By: Tom Jackson, Sandusky Register
May 19, 2016
Because of new developments, the Black Swamp Bird Observatory is more opposed than ever to a proposed wind power turbine at Camp Perry in Ottawa County, said Kim Kaufman, Black Swamp's director.
Since the project was delayed by a new study in 2014, "the density of nesting bald eagles has increased in the area," Kaufman said.
In addition, the sandhill crane is making a comeback in the area, she said.
May 18, 2016
By: Tim Rudell, WKSU
May 18, 2016
A northern Ohio congresswoman wants to up the stakes for the Army Corps of Engineers in a dispute involving “open-lake dumping.” That’s what the corps calls the practice of disposing sediments cleared from shipping channels in places like the port of Cleveland.
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, whose 9th District includes much of the Lake Erie shore, says despite a years-long dispute with local and state officials over dumping sediments from dr
May 17, 2016
By: Laura Litvan, Bloomberg
May 17, 2016
Congress has embraced free trade for two generations, but the protectionist bent of the 2016 election campaign may mark the end of that era.
The first casualty may be the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership, which was already facing a skeptical Congress.