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January 6, 2026
Sandusky, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) highlighted a $75,000 federal investment awarded to the Erie County Board of Developmental Disabilities through the US Department of Agriculture’s Housing Preservation Grant (HPG) program, bringing critical resources to help repair and rehabilitate rural housing in the Sandusky area.
 
“This investment is about dignity, safety, and opportunity for our neighbors here in Erie County,” said Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09). “Every Ohioan deserves a safe place to

March 3, 2025

Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) a senior member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture announced she will host local Northwest Ohio farmer Bob Jones Jr., co-owner and Chief Executive Officer of The Chef’s Garden in Huron, Ohio, as her guest for the Presidential Joint Address on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.


February 26, 2020

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, announced $999,970 in federal investments for Integrated Sensors, LLC, located in Toledo, Ohio. The funding was provided by the Department of Energy (DOE) through DOE's Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs.


May 28, 2025
Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Senior Member on the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration announced the award of $2,619,292 from United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) through the Rural Energy For America Program (Reap) Renewable And Energy Efficiency Program for projects in Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Sandusky, and Williams Counties.
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November 6, 2019

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, joined representatives and researchers from the University of Toledo and Eaton Corporation at a press conference announcing $8,700,000 in Department of Energy (DOE) funding that will support the two organizations in their research and development of solar technology. The University of Toledo awards follow on the recent and major award the University received from the U.S. Air Force in April.


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April 1, 2022

Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced Ohio will receive an additional $172,384,124 in federal funding for home weatherization and energy efficiency upgrades from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Last year, Rep. Kaptur joined nearly every House Democrat to pass the Jobs and Infrastructure bill, while 94 percent of House Republicans opposed it.


June 20, 2024

Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, announced that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded substantial rebates to two school districts in Northwest Ohio as part of the 2023 Clean School Bus Program.

Issues: Energy

December 17, 2019

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, released the following statement after the House passed two legislative packages that together comprise all 12 fiscal year 2020 funding bills – H.R. 1865, domestic priorities and international assistance appropriations minibus, and H.R.


April 8, 2025
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, celebrated APA Solar’s announcement of a major $19.5 Million expansion in Northwest Ohio, which includes the construction of a new headquarters in Henry County and a manufacturing facility in Williams County.

July 13, 2020

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies, released the following statement after the full House Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year 2021 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies bill on a vote of 30 to 21. The legislation funds the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of the Interior programs, the Department of Energy, and other related agencies.

Issues: Energy