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December 21, 2020

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), released the following statement after the House passed a new round of bipartisan coronavirus relief. The legislation is expected to be signed into law in the coming days:


December 21, 2021

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement on the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, and the new federal measures President Joe Biden announced to protect Americans.

Issues: Health Care

March 9, 2022

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement on the House passage of the Fiscal Year 2022 federal funding bill. The legislation will now be sent to the Senate for final passage.


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November 19, 2021

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after the House passed President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act. The House-passed legislation – which includes Rep. Kaptur’s Great Lakes heavy icebreaker, and the Community Restoration and Revitalization Fund modeled after her Restoring Communities Left Behind Act – now moves to the Senate for consideration.


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March 3, 2022

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) – a Member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee – released the following statement after the House passed the Honoring our PACT Act. In a vote of 256-174, Rep. Kaptur joined every House Democrat to pass the bill which will provide access to VA healthcare and benefits to millions of veterans exposed to toxic substances. The bill will now be sent to the Senate for its consideration.

Issues: Health Care

August 10, 2022

Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after legislation she cosponsored – the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act – was signed into law by President Biden.

Issues: Health Care

February 9, 2018

Washington, D.C. -- Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), senior Member of the Appropriations Committee, which is in charge of all government spending bills, released the following statement regarding passage of the bipartisan budget deal:

"My vote in support of this bill avoids another prolonged, needless and expensive government shutdown. It assures a measure of stability in the operations of the federal departments of the United States for two years. Though very far from a perfect bill, to further delay vital decisions was not in America's interests.


September 14, 2025
Toledo, Ohio — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement upon the passing of Congresswoman Mary Rose Oakar (OH-20) who was the first Democratic woman elected to Congress from Ohio, serving 8 terms from 1977 to 1993.
 
“We were all blessed to know Mary Rose Oakar — a highly gifted, indefatigable extraordinary woman of deep faith. Mary Rose was elected to Congress from inside the working class of people.

March 7, 2024

Washington, DC — Tonight, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus released the following statement following President Biden’s State of the Union address: 

“The American people elected Joe Biden as President because they knew he would invest in communities across our country. Over the last three years he has done just that.


March 31, 2021

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, released the following statement as President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled the American Jobs Plan, a historic, new-age jobs and infrastructure package to reimagine and rebuild the American economy, invest in American communities, create millions of new jobs, rebuild our country's infrastructure, combat climate change, and take on global competitors like China.