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November 16, 2022

Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement celebrating the one-year of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.


May 16, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s announcement of several actions intended to strengthen domestic solar manufacturing and protect manufacturers and workers from China’s unfair trade practices.


May 30, 2025
Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development released the following statement upon the news that the Department of Energy has cancelled 24 projects nationwide, totaling $3.7 Billion in investment in American manufacturing, including a $45.1 Million investment in an Industrial Demonstration Project for Libbey Glass LLC’s Toledo, Ohio facility.
“The abrupt termination of $3.7 Billion in clean energy investment is shortsighted and malicio

July 3, 2025

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) voted against H.R. 1, citing its severe impact on working families, seniors, veterans, and the regional economy of Northwest Ohio.


January 31, 2024

Washington, DC  – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), announced that the The Glass Manufacturing Industry Council (GMIC) has been selected by the US Department of Energy to receive a $3 Million award to fund research of advanced electric melting in glass manufacturing. The research is intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help move the nation toward a net-zero economy. The GMIC project was one of 49 selected, totaling $171 Million in federal funding. 


March 25, 2025

Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Chair of the House Great Lakes Task Force, senior Appropriator, and Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Energy and Water Development Subcommittee, testified in support of robust funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative at the Member Day Hearing of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies.


January 23, 2019

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), the longest-serving woman in the 116th Congress and Dean of the Ohio Delegation, released the following statement after she was elected by her Democratic colleagues to serve as the first woman to chair the influential House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development.

Issues: Energy

July 16, 2021

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, released the following statement after legislation she sponsored, the 2022 Energy and Water Development funding bill, passed the House Appropriations committee. Next, the legislation will be considered by the full House. As Chair of the subcommittee with jurisdiction over appropriations for the Department of Energy, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Bureau of Reclamation, Rep.


September 17, 2024

Toledo, Ohio – Today, the Lucas County Board of Commissioners voted to enter into an agreement to move forward with a project that will provide a reliable sanitary sewer system in the unsewered areas of Curtice-Williston. Kaptur’s effort will lower ratepayers’ contribution to the project and reduce sewage discharge into the community and Lake Erie.