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June 5, 2024

Washington, DC — On Tuesday June 4th, Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20), Shontel Brown (OH-11), and Timothy Kennedy (NY-26), held a press conference in recognition of National CPR and AED Awareness Week and the need to expand access to AEDs nationwide to save lives. National CPR and AED Awareness Week is recognized every year from June 1st through June 7th. The Members called on Speaker Mike Johnson to bring the HEARTS Act of 2024 to the floor for an immediate vote.

Issues: Health Care

June 4, 2024

Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement, following Executive Action taken by President Biden to secure America's borders.
 
"This is a first step in the right direction, but we must do more to secure our borders. I am ready to work with both Republicans and Democrats to do what it takes to secure the border and stop the flow of drugs into the United States, " said Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09).
 


June 3, 2024

Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement reaffirming her support for a Two-State Solution for the Israeli and Palestinian people, and applauding President Biden’s Proposal for a negotiated truce and three-phase ceasefire plan as laid out at the White House on Friday, May 31st.


June 3, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, the Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus – Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), Mike Quigley (D-IL-05), and Joe Wilson (R-SC-02) – released the following statement on the US shift in policy to allow Ukraine to carry out limited strikes with American-supplied weapons on Russian military targets across the border.
 


May 31, 2024

Washington, DC – Earlier this year, on April 26, 2024 Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Vice Chair of the Congressional Labor Caucus introduced The Balancing Incentives Act (BIA), and co-led the Restoring America’s Leadership in Innovation Act (RALIA). These two landmark pieces of legislation address critical issues within the patent system to ensure a fair and supportive environment for innovation to thrive; revitalizing American innovation and safeguarding the rights of inventors and small businesses.


In the News

May 11, 2016
By: Sabrina Eaton, The Plain Dealer
May 11, 2016
As opioid overdose deaths ravage the nation, the House of Representatives is set to pass 18 pieces of legislation intended to fight the epidemic.
Among other things, the proposals would make it easier for emergency responders to access overdose reversal drugs like Naloxone, establish a task force to modify how pain medication is prescribed, and reduce the amount of painkillers given to patients by letting them partly fill opioid prescrip

May 8, 2016
By: David Yonke, News Herald
May 8, 2016
The Jet Express on Friday launched its 28th season of ferrying folks back and forth to the Lake Erie islands, with local officials taking turns lauding the ferry line for its contributions to the area's economy.
"This Jet Express isn't only for members of the community here.

May 6, 2016
By: Jon Chavez, Toledo Blade
May 6, 2016
Come Sunday, the old gray goose will have flown the coop permanently.
Bombrys Ornamental Concrete Inc., a Toledo mom-and-pop business that for 60 years made and sold concrete fountains, birdbaths, gargoyles, angels, religious statues, and yes, the ever-popular concrete goose, is going out of business on Saturday.
Its owner, John Bombrys, is retiring and liquidating the business.

May 6, 2016
By: Naomi Jagoda, The Hill
May 6, 2016
The Treasury Department is poised to decide whether to approve a plan for the Central States Pension Fund that would significantly reduce benefits for hundreds of thousands of current and future retirees.
If the cuts are approved, they would be the first benefit reductions the Treasury signed off on under the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act (MPRA) of 2014, which allows pension funds headed toward insolvency to petition the department to cut benef

May 6, 2016
By: Jim MacKinnon, Beacon Journal
May 6, 2016
Retired Teamsters facing imminent massive cuts to their pensions won a significant battle Friday that preserves their monthly retirement checks but still leaves open the huge issue of how to keep their pension plan solvent in years ahead.
The struggling Central States Pension Fund, which sought to cut monthly pensions — some by as much as 69 percent — to hundreds of thousands of Teamsters starting July 1 to remain solvent, had its proposal