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July 29, 2021

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed a package of seven fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills, including Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education ($254 billion), Agriculture ($197 billion), Energy and Water ($53 billion), Financial Services ($29 billion), Interior ($43 billion), Military Construction and Veterans Affairs ($280 billion), and Transportation and Housing and Urban Development ($163 billion).


January 9, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development released the following statement following House passage of H.R. 6938 – Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 to fund Energy and Water Development, Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, and Commerce, Justice, and Science.


December 30, 2025
Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee announced that the City of Toledo, Lucas County, and the Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments have been awarded three separate grants totaling $1,275,370 through the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) initiative.

April 24, 2020

Washington, D.C. – Today Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) sent a letter to Ohio Governor Mike DeWine urging his Administration to carry out the fair and equitable distribution of CARES Act funding to communities across the state based on population density as well as the local, county, and municipal budget impacts of COVID-19.


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August 11, 2017

Washington, D.C. -- Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), the Dean of the Ohio Delegation, today wrote to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross to inquire about delays into a Commerce Department investigation of steel imports and illegal dumping of steel.


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May 25, 2018

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Dean of the Ohio Delegation, signed a discharge petition to force a vote to restore net neutrality protections, after Speaker Paul Ryan and House Republicans continued inaction to even debate restoring the net neutrality rules the Trump Administration's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) dismantled in December.


November 17, 2016

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November 17, 2016


Contact: Nicole Dailey Jones, (800) 964-4699 & (202) 225-5411 or Marcy.KapturPress@mail.house.gov

Kaptur Slams Republican Leaders in Congress for Failing to Pass Critical 2017 Budget and Department Funding Bills


February 25, 2021

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), delivered the following statement on the House floor in support of President Joe Biden's recent order to review U.S. supply chain weaknesses. Footage of Rep.


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May 15, 2020

Washington, D.C. — Today, Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), senior Member of the House Appropriations Committee, spoke on the House floor in support of H.R. 6800, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES Act), ahead of a vote on the bill scheduled for Friday evening.


January 5, 2025
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), joined President Biden at the White House for the signing of the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 into law. This bipartisan legislation which the Congresswoman cosponsored and helped pass into law eliminates the harmful Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pensions Offset (GPO). The WEP and GPO reduce or eliminate the earned Social Security benefits of public servants, including police officers, mail carriers, firefighters, and educators.