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July 29, 2021

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after the first meeting of the Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth took place. The committee, made up of eight Democratic Members of Congress selected by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is tasked with addressing growing issues of inequality that plague the country. While established as a bipartisan body, no Republican Members of Congress chose to participate in today's hearing.


April 4, 2025

Toledo, Ohio — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement in response to the economic impact and fallout of President Trump’s tariff announcements this week.


August 10, 2025
Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus released the following statement regarding the state of Russia's illegal war in Ukraine, as negations continues to develop.
 
"Bravo to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He nailed it—no red carpet and no concessions to Russian tyrant Putin. Dictator Putin is the aggressor. His lust for what is not his has exacted a crushing decade of war inside Ukraine.

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February 4, 2022

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after the House passed the America COMPETES Act. In a vote of 222-210, Rep. Kaptur joined nearly every House Democrat to pass the bill, while nearly every House Republican voted against it. The House and Senate will now negotiate differences between the America COMPETES Act and the United States Innovation and Competition Act.


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.


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November 6, 2021

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after the House passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.


January 22, 2018

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), the senior Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee and Dean of the Ohio Delegation, issued the following statement after voting YES on the House passage of a three-week spending bill:

"What matters most at this juncture is reopening the government of the United States to serve the American people. Funding the government is the sworn obligation of Congress, and I cast my vote despite serious misgivings.


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.