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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Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, and Dean of the Ohio Congressional Delegation released the following statement following her vote to pass H.R. 5860, the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2024 to fund government operations through 2024. The legislation passed with strong bipartisan support 334-92, and similarly this legislation passed with overwhelming bipartisan support from the Ohio Congressional Delegation 13-2 with the only No Vote’s being Representatives Jim Jordan (OH-04) and Warren Davidson (OH-08).
Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) joined Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority (TARTA) CEO Laura Koprowski to announce more than $9 Million in funding through the Low or No Emission Vehicle and Grants for Buses & Bus Facilities Programs.
Washington, DC — During today’s House Appropriations Committee markup of the 2024 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies funding bill, Democrats spoke out against harmful provisions that increase energy costs, fail to diversify energy production and storage, yield leadership of the global energy future to China, ignore the scientific consensus on climate change, and increase our dependence on foreign energy. House Democrats were united in their opposition, voting unanimously against the bill.
Washington, DC – During today’s House Appropriations Subcommittee markup of the 2024 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies funding bill, House Republicans passed a bill that reneges on the debt limit agreement that was just signed into law, raises costs for families, and weakens energy security and our ability to out-compete China.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced a $21,341,792 Million ReConnect loan award to benefit Ottawa and Sandusky Counties through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). This ReConnect loan is part of $714 Million in loans announced today administered by USDA across 19 states as part of their ReConnect Program. Connecting all communities across the United States to high-speed internet is central part of the President Investing in America agenda to rebuild our economy from the bottom up and middle out by rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $42 million in funding for 22 projects in 14 states, including $1.25 million for the University of Toledo, to advance critical technologies for producing, storing, and deploying clean hydrogen. By advancing the performance and cost of clean-hydrogen technologies while supporting grid resilience and decarbonization, DOE continues to make strides toward achieving President Biden’s Investing in America agenda — to reach a 100% clean electrical grid by 2035 and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development released the following statement following a decision by the Biden Administration and Treasury Department to allow Chinese made solar subcomponents to be used in solar technology billed as American made.
Washington, DC – Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Bob Latta (OH-05), have led a bipartisan group of fifteen House members from Ohio and Michigan urging U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to support a proposal for the Great Lakes Clean Hydrogen Hub (GLCH). The proposal, developed in response to a Bipartisan Infrastructure Law-established clean energy demonstration initiative, would fund hydrogen production, distribution, storage, and use in the Great Lakes Region.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, released the following statement regarding her vote on the Congressional Review Act resolution. The resolution disapproves the Biden Administration’s 2-year suspension of critical market-leveling import tariffs on companies that illegally circumvent U.S.