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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.

Jul 11, 2019

Mr. Chair, 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…

Congressional Record · 2019-07-11
Jul 9, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to condemn President Trump, his administration, and all the anti-life Republicans in Congress who seek to strike down the Affordable Care Act using the judicial system this time. Their callousness would cut off…

Congressional Record · 2019-07-09
Jun 26, 2019

Madam Speaker, 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…

Congressional Record · 2019-06-26
Jun 25, 2019

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…

Congressional Record · 2019-06-25
Jun 25, 2019

Madam Speaker, 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…

Congressional Record · 2019-06-25
Jun 25, 2019

Madam Chair, I move that the Committee do now rise. The motion was agreed to. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Ms. DeGette) having assumed the chair, Ms. Shalala, Acting Chair of the Committee of the Whole…

Congressional Record · 2019-06-25
Jun 25, 2019

Mr. President, 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…

Congressional Record · 2019-06-25
Jun 20, 2019

Madam Chair, 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…

Congressional Record · 2019-06-20
Jun 20, 2019

Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of National Pollinator Week. I am honored to be the Representative of three cities each named a Monarch City U.S.A.: Oak Harbor, Port Clinton, and Sandusky, Ohio. They are bestowed this title for…

Congressional Record · 2019-06-20
Jun 18, 2019

Madam Chairman, pursuant to House Resolution 436, I offer amendments en bloc. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendments en bloc. Amendments en bloc No. 3 consisting of amendment Nos. 65, 71, 73, 83, 88, 94, 105, 106, and…

Congressional Record · 2019-06-18
Jun 18, 2019

Madam Chair, the amendment offered by my colleague from Oklahoma prohibits the use of funds to prepare, to propose, or to promulgate any regulation or guidance that references or relies on analysis of the cost of social carbon. It is…

Congressional Record · 2019-06-18

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