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Marcy Carolyn Kaptur is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 9th congressional district since 1983. She is the longest-serving woman in the history of Congress. Kaptur has focused on various issues throughout her tenure, including healthcare, economic development, and veterans' affairs. Her commitment to her constituents is evident in her advocacy for policies that support working families and promote job growth in Ohio.
In Ukraine, the real battle for liberty grinds on. Vladimir Putin dines on caviar while Speaker Johnson and his majority House Conference paralyze our Nation. They refuse to bring up the Senate aid bill to provide Ukraine ammunition. The…
Admiral Williams strongly condemned the malfeasance and nuclear endangerment attendant to the top managers and corporate chieftains, and that kept on year after year after year. As I have cautioned before, corporate nuclear culture…
America's Great Lakes constitute the largest body of fresh water on Earth. Water is life. I rise to highlight the importance of legislation to reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative introduced last week. As co-chair of the…
Why does our country have a budget deficit? Answer: Because America over the last three decades has been offshoring jobs and our productive wealth. The people of Ohio and the industrial Midwest overwhelmingly oppose ill-conceived foreign…
Why would a Speaker of this House choose to enable the aims of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin? Why would any Speaker of the United States House of Representatives use his power to stop and dawdle for months and months, delaying critical…
I want to register my sincere appreciation to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin for his lifetime of exemplary service to our Nation in the U.S. military. I wish him a speedy recovery from his recent successful surgery. Critics who took the…
I urge the committee to continue supporting the ongoing work of the Corps for HAB detection, control, and prevention.
I wish to say that, Congresswoman, your dignity, your acumen, and your perseverance elevate the reputation of this House.
I thank Ranking Member Larson for yielding time and for his noble, tireless work safeguarding Social Security for the benefit of all Americans. For nearly a century, America has made a sacred promise--those who work hard throughout their…
I strongly urge the committee to emphasize the importance of demonstration projects designed to develop and deploy advanced monitoring tools and networks.
Thank you Chairman Rouzer, Ranking Member Napolitano, and your respective staff for the hard work you have put in to developing the Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA).
I hope the Corps can help us in the coming year to find a second water intake location to serve the large Toledo, Ohio, regional area.
I have two issues to address in a minute. One, is to bring attention to an excellent editorial which appeared yesterday in The Wall Street Journal titled: ``Biden and Ukraine Need a Senate Deal.'' The author, William A. Galston, states…
May I inquire as to the time remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Ohio has 6 minutes remaining.
May I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Ohio has 35 minutes remaining.
I thank the gentleman for his decades of leadership. Madam Speaker, may I ask how much time remains. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman has 18 minutes remaining.
I thank the gentleman for his words. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer). Our distinguished leader, Congressman Steny Hoyer, has spent hours and hours and days and weeks and months working on the issues of…
May I inquire as to the time remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Ohio has 1 minute remaining.
I thank the gentlewoman and I thank every Member, on both sides of the aisle, that have spent this much time today in furtherance of this very noble objective so Ukraine wins and wins soon. Madam Speaker, I now yield to the gentlewoman…
I make a plea to Speaker Johnson and our colleagues on both sides of the aisle, please give Vladimir Putin no succor. Stand up for liberty. This is the moment for Ukraine. Let us seize it. Let us seize it. ____________________
FirstEnergy's plot was to foist its billion- dollar-plus corporate losses on the consumers of Ohio due to its pitiful management of its two nuclear power plants in northern Ohio. These are crimes. While Randazzo was being indicted, the…
The production of nuclear power in our country is an awesome responsibility. Put in the hands of the wrong people, it can be deadly. Those who operate nuclear facilities must be highly trained and honorable. Recall Three Mile Island…
Since the Davis-Besse plant came online in 1977, its corporate leadership has never understood nuclear power or its dangers. It is only the unionized workers that have saved our lives. The plant shares an old Babcock-and-Wilcox design with…
I thank the former and soon-to-be again chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; Mr. Bishop. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the life of former…
What America makes and grows, makes and grows America and grows our middle class. Thus, let me applaud the Biden administration's decision to utilize the Defense Production Act to reshore the domestic manufacturing of essential medicines…
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