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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.
Corporate America and Wall Street are awash in profits and cash, but American workers haven't had the benefit of a Federal minimum wage increase in over a decade, while the prices of everything have gone up--medicine, housing, food, cars…
I thank the gentlewoman for yielding to me. Mr. Chair, the amendment that I offer aims to expand the Department of Defense's authority to work with the Coast Guard on youth science, technology, engineering, and math programs. For several…
America's workers do not support the Trump- negotiated NAFTA-2 trade deal. Just like the original NAFTA, the new NAFTA is half-baked, repackaged, and broken. It was not written to improve the lives of our working families in Ohio or in…
Today I rise to introduce the Transforming Student Debt to Home Equity Act of 2019. My bill would enable graduates current on repayment to renegotiate their student debt into an opportunity to purchase and own a home, which, of course, is…
I thank our able chairwoman, Nita Lowey from New York, for yielding me this time. I come to the floor to urge my colleagues to support this emergency supplemental request to address the humanitarian cry on our southern border. It aims to…
American workers and organized labor do not support your renegotiated NAFTA. Corporate America and wealthy elites might, but don't make any effort to sell NAFTA's half-baked, repackaged broken promises to our workers, be they industrial or…
Most importantly, this spending correctly includes restrictions to hold this administration accountable on how it spends taxpayer dollars in a capacity that protects the rights and dignity of desperate people who happen to be migrants…
I thank the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Bishop), a superb chair of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, and I rise to discuss an issue very important to America's livestock…
I would just like to remind the gentleman--I think he is new to this body--that the President said he was going to get Mexico to pay for everything. He said that 1,000 times. Didn't happen. He is not going to raid our accounts. The…
Woman, I would like to thank the gentleman for those remarks and to say that I share his deep concern about the way that OMB, in particular, has a tennis match with Congress when it comes to the Army Corps of Engineers. There is not a more…
I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Mullin). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair…
Woman, I rise in opposition to this amendment. The Acting Chair. The gentlewoman from Ohio is recognized for 5 Minutes.
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