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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.
Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), joined Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03), and Congressman Greg Landsman (OH-01) in submitting an official public comment lett
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), joined by Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Representatives David Joyce (R-OH) and Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), sent a letter to Department of the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urging the certification of the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency's (NOACA) request for direct federal funding from the Department of the Treasury through the Coronavirus Relief Fund.
Washington, DC – Tuesday, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and her colleagues on the bipartisan Great Lakes Task Force introduced the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Act of 2024. This bipartisan legislation will reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which is set to expire at the end of FY 2026, for another five years through FY 2031. The bill increases the current authorization level from $475 Million to $500 Million in FY 2026.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) led a bicameral letter alongside Senators Sherrod Brown (OH) and Bob Casey (PA), and Representatives Tim Ryan (OH-13), Mike Doyle (PA-18), and Terri Sewell (AL-07) to President Joe Biden expressing support for the Department of Commerce’s (DOC) investigation into whether Chinese solar cells and modules are circumventing antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) through Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia.
Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Congressional Labor Caucus Co-Chairs Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-06), Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Steven Horsford (NV-04), and Debbie Dingell (MI-06) led a letter with Chris Deluzio (PA-17), Emilia Sykes (OH-13), Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), and 45 other bipartisan Members of Congress urging the Biden Administration to ensure a comprehensive regulatory review of Nippon Steel’s acquisition of US Steel.
Port Clinton, Ohio — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, the US Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, City of Vermilion, and Erie Metroparks celebrated the completion of construction on a multi-year repair of Vermilion Harbor’s West Pier and start of the final phase of repairs of its East Pier.
Washington, DC — This week, the Trump Administration released its Army Corps work plans that show President Trump is politicizing critical infrastructure investments.
Washington, DC – Today, House Appropriations Energy and Water Development Subcommittee Ranking Member Marcy Kaptur, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro, House Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee Ranking Member Grace Meng, and House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree applauded House passage of the Commerce-Justice-Science, Energy-Water, and Interior-Environment funding package.