Health Care
Washington, D.C. — Today, Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), senior Member of the House Appropriations Committee, voted in support of the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, emergency legislation to support small businesses and their workers, hospitals, healthcare professions, and expand COVID-19 testing amid the coronavirus outbreak. Ahead of the vote on the bill, Rep. Kaptur delivered the following speech on the floor of the House in favor of the bill's passage:
Washington, D.C. — Today, Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), senior Member of the House Appropriations Committee, voted in support of H.R. 6074, an emergency supplemental appropriations bill to address the coronavirus outbreak:
Washington, DC – On Thursday, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) voted to pass H.R.7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, the final funding legislation funding for FY2026 which will now head to the Senate for final approval. The legislation passed the House by a bipartisan vote of 341-88, and now moves to the Senate for final consideration.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), voted to pass H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, landmark legislation to strengthen the health and financial security of working families and seniors by reducing the astronomical cost of prescription drugs in the U.S.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after voting to pass Senate Amendments to H.R. 7148 – the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 a bipartisan budget agreement to reopen the federal government and fund critical services relied upon by families across Northwest Ohio. The legislation includes five full-year appropriations bills to keep the majority of the federal government operating, along with a two-week extension of funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Washington, D.C. — Today, Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), senior Member of the House Appropriations Committee, voted in support of H.R. 1425, the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Enhancement Act. The legislation takes dramatic steps to lower the costs of healthcare and prescription drugs, expand access to affordable healthcare, and strengthen protections for people with preexisting conditions.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Congresswoman Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), led 29 Senators and 63 Representatives in a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb regarding the current shortage of IV saline and other critical medical products.
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) are demanding answers from the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) as COVID-19 cases at the Federal Correctional Institution, Elkton in Ohio (FCI Elkton) are continuing to rise.
Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), sent a letter to Department of the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urging the certification of the Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments' (TMACOG) request for direct federal funding from the Department of the Treasury through the Coronavirus Relief Fund. Toledo and Lucas County is without direct access to relief funding enacted by the CARES Act, because it falls short of the 500,000 benchmark by just 70,000 residents under the existing formula.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9), along with U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Representatives Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3), Tim Ryan (D-OH-13), and Marcia Fudge (D-OH-11), Chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Elections, penned a letter to Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose urging him to immediately take action to protect the health and safety of Ohio voters and poll workers in this upcoming election.