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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.
I'm a city planner by training. So I look at the space in these stores, and I thought, I could do this. I could clear one of these aisles. I could consolidate over there. I could provide a place for locally made items, and let the local…
The problem is, when you have 100 people out there looking for a given job, it means 99 won't get it. And these are people who want to work. They have a record of working. They have actually collected their benefits. They've paid into the…
Perfect. I just want to say a deep thanks to Congressman Garamendi for bringing us together tonight. I wanted to say as a member of the China Commission, we had testimony yesterday from various witnesses on the economy, on the legal…
I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time and rise this evening on the subject of MF Global and the clear need for oversight by the Congress. Mr. Speaker, Congress isn't doing its job to investigate the fraud that has infected our…
I thank the Speaker. Let me rephrase this. At the hearing, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Jill Sommers' testimony was invaluable to the public. Her testimony places the MF Global collapse in proper perspective, and I'm quoting…
Mr. Speaker, I believe that I have a Special Order and time remaining, my own Special Order for 30 minutes. ____________________
You know what, these large outfits that control retail sales in our country hurt innovation because what they do is they make deals with some of the biggest companies. Ask yourself, why, when you go through a supermarket and you want to…
I want to thank Congressman Garamendi for, again, bringing us together to discuss the most important issue on the minds of the American people, and that is healing the economy here at home and producing a sufficient number of jobs to…
This year, again, I went to craft shows. I buy dozens and dozens of gifts. And I find locally made items because I know the money will go right in the pockets of local people. And why is it these craft shows, they hold them in churches…
Well, if you try to find different brands, you will see certain brands at eye level because they pay thousands of dollars to each grocery store to put it there. But if you want locally bottled soda, or pop, you are lucky if you can find it…
We need to take the failure of China to live up to its commitment much more seriously.
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