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Marcy Kaptur

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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.

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Nov 3, 1999

Through their unselfish dedication, mankind has advanced and come to understand more about the range of crippling illnesses and brain disorders that afflict millions of people.

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Nov 3, 1999

The Engler's knew from experience that institutions were an unacceptable choice.

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Nov 3, 1999

Roy confided in a friend, 'No one will ever understand what it is like to sit around the table at meal time and look at your children and know that they will never be independent.'

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Nov 3, 1999

Their story poignantly recounts the love and patience that characterized one family's heroic struggle with mental retardation.

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Sep 9, 1999

I would like to emphasize then that when such technical assistance is made available to credit unions, the National Credit Union Administration should make every effort to ensure that such assistance is provided in a manner that is…

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Sep 9, 1999

I also want to urge the National Credit Union Administration, when providing such assistance, to ensure that staff take special care to act in ways that respect and honor the dedication of a credit union's board and managers.

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Jun 8, 1999

I am shocked, quite frankly, that we are going through this debate again this year after the outcry of the many medical and pharmaceutical organizations who opposed this amendment last year. It is an unprecedented invasion into the FDA's…

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May 12, 1999

His kindness, dedication, and gentlemanly demeanor make our community and world finer and more humane.

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May 12, 1999

He understood that union working men and women can unite to fight for their economic, social and political best interests.

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May 12, 1999

He always championed the cause of working people, constantly urging that U.S. companies' production remain in the United States and that trade laws benefit workers everywhere.

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May 12, 1999

His kindness, dedication, and gentlemanly demeanor make our community and world finer and more humane.

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May 12, 1999

He understood that union working men and women can unite to fight for their economic, social and political best interests.

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May 12, 1999

He always championed the cause of working people, constantly urging that U.S. companies' production remain in the United States and that trade laws benefit workers everywhere.

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May 4, 1999

Without question, Social Security is the lifeboat for a majority of seniors in our country and certainly for women. And even with Social Security, the poorest people in America today are women over the age of 80. So even the current…

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Apr 14, 1999

It is amazing to think that a million farmers can feed 270 million people in this country and a third more abroad.

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Apr 14, 1999

It is now into the fourth month of this Congress, and spring planting is now. People have to make life-and-death decisions now. I have had seed companies call me from back home saying, ``Marcy, I have debts from last year related to credit…

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Mar 17, 1999

It is time to put steel back into the spine of America. 10,000 American steelworkers losing their jobs is beyond belief. The administration's delay to enforce dumping laws in this country, unforgivable. Since 1997, a glut of dumped imports…

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Sep 15, 1998

Mr. Speaker, I would just ask the Members to please support our motion to instruct in order to assure that the farmers and the ranchers of this country in many cases are allowed to plant a crop, to move their livestock, to keep this…

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Sep 15, 1998

I would like to include their report in the Record, but I just wanted to quote one section here, which indicates that net farm income is projected to fall by over $7 billion this year, and the level of a $500 million disaster allocation…

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Jul 30, 1998

This particular amendment, as modified, that we are offering this evening would only take the clearinghouse section out of the original proposal to collect information from the lobbying disclosure.

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Jul 16, 1998

I want to say that that is exactly the reason that this Congress should have oversight; that because in fact so many powerful global financial interests have an impact on this marketplace, we in Congress have got to be in tandem with those…

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Mar 30, 1998

The gentleman is not answering my question. More than foreign individuals contribute, and they do so illegally. That is the very point.

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Mar 30, 1998

How about hard money that comes through foreign corporation and foreign trade associations?

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Mar 30, 1998

So the gentleman would define foreign interests or foreign citizens as including foreign corporations in which over half the stock is owned by foreign interests, as well as foreign trade associations in which over half of the money comes…

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Mar 30, 1998

Now I want to say to the gentleman I have testified before his committee. We have defined foreign interests. Those include not only foreign citizens but foreign-controlled corporations and trade associations through which the majority of…

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