Energy
Dependence on importing foreign oil cost America over $321 billion last year. Petroleum and energy alone added $140 billion to our trade deficit. That lost income translates into thousands of lost jobs. By developing domestic energy sources rather than defending exploitation and extraction abroad, we could create jobs at home instead of sending our dollars overseas.
Previously, Congresswoman Kaptur introduced the Rural Energy Investment Act of 2013. This bill would invest in renewable energy programs with proven track records, such as biofuels, creating thousands of jobs that cannot be outsourced.
From her status as the senior Democrat on the Energy and Water Appropriations Committee, Kaptur is committed to fighting for job creation and energy investment across the Great Lakes Heartland. From offshore wind power to fuel-efficient vehicles to sensor technology to solar research and development, Northern Ohio is emerging as a hotbed for energy innovation.
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Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Senior Member on the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration applauded the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) announcement of a nearly $1.1 Million award to support clean energy projects for Ohio farmers and small businesses.
Washington, DC — After hours of pointless amendment debate to appease the extremist wing of their party, House Republicans ran away from a final vote on their harmful fiscal year 2025 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies funding bill. This defeat comes after their Legislative Branch funding bill failed on the House Floor and House Republican leadership scrapped plans to complete all 12 funding bills before August.
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), Ranking Member of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in opposition to the 2025 bill:
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Thank you, Mr. Chair, I yield myself as much time as I may consume.
I would like to begin by thanking our diligent staff for all their hard work on this bill, including on both the majority and minority staff. Particularly, I would like to thank Scott McKee and Adam Wilson. And on my personal staff, I would like to thank Mayely Boyce and Margaret McInnis.
Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, announced a $32,617,879 EV Conversion Grants program award for American Autoparts and Mobis North America. The Project consists of two phases where American Autoparts will convert its existing ICE complete chassis assembly plant located at the Stellantis Toledo Assembly Complex, into a PHEV and ICE complete chassis assembly plant, retaining 345 UAW union jobs and creating an estimated 38 new union labor jobs supporting the manufacture of a new light PHEV truck, and construct a new battery syst
**CUTS FACT SHEET** House Republicans Cripple the Clean Energy Economy
Washington, DC — Today, House Appropriations Committee Democrats unanimously opposed Republicans’ 2025 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies funding bill. This bill raises costs for American households, undermines infrastructure investments, and weakens our national security.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and senior member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture announced a $156,893 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Grant through the Rural Energy For America Program (Reap) for HD Grain Farms of Whitehouse, Ohio. This Rural Development investment will be used to purchase and install energy efficient grain dryer at HD Grain Farms in Whitehouse, Ohio.
Washington, DC — House Appropriations Committee Republicans today released the draft fiscal year 2025 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The bill raises costs for American households, undermines infrastructure investments, and weakens our national security.
Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, announced that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded substantial rebates to two school districts in Northwest Ohio as part of the 2023 Clean School Bus Program. Funded by the Biden Administration’s Investing in America agenda, this initiative will accelerate the transition to zero-emission vehicles, replacing older school buses linked to asthma and other health conditions.
Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20), and Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin (MI-07) introduced the Weatherization Enhancement and Readiness Act, legislation that invests in home weatherization efforts to save low-income families hundreds of dollars on their energy bills while making homes safer, healthier, and more energy efficient.
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs are leading the push for the US International Trade Commission (ITC) and the US Department of Commerce to level the playing field for American solar workers by supporting a set of antidumping and countervailing duty petitions filed by the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee—which includes First Solar in Perrysburg.