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, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and Grace Gallucci, Executive Director of the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA), released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act. This legislation, recently unveiled by House Democrats, will invest more than $1.5 trillion in modern, sustainable infrastructure while creating millions of good-paying jobs, combatting the climate crisis, and addressing disparities in urban, suburban and rural communities across Northern Ohio and throughout the country.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Chairwoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense Chairman Peter J. Visclosky (D-IN), House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA), and House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Chairman Jim Cooper (D-TN) sent a letter today to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette seeking answers on the Trump Administration's recent proposal to resume nuclear testing.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, held a Subcommittee hearing on the Trump Administration's FY 2021 budget request for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation.
Rep. Kaptur Opening Statement As Prepared For Delivery
The Subcommittee will come to order. We are here today to discuss the fiscal year 2021 budget request for the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, held a Subcommittee hearing on the Trump Administration's FY 2021 budget request for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA):
Rep. Kaptur Opening Statement As Prepared For Delivery
The Subcommittee will come to order.
Administrator Gordon-Hagerty, I want to thank you and your team for being here today. We continue our budget hearings with the Department of Energy's fiscal year 2021 request for the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, held a Subcommittee hearing on the Trump Administration's FY 2021 budget request for Department of Energy (DOE) applied energy programs.
Rep. Kaptur Opening Statement As Prepared For Delivery
The Subcommittee will come to order. Let us begin our second hearing on the fiscal year 2021 budget request, for the Department of Energy's applied energy programs. Thank you to our witnesses for being here.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, held a Subcommittee hearing on the Trump Administration's FY 2021 budget request for the Department of Energy (DOE). DOE Secretary Dan Brouillette testified on behalf of the Administration.
Rep. Kaptur Opening Statement As Prepared For Delivery
The Subcommittee will come to order. Let us begin our first hearing on the fiscal year 2021 budget request, for the Department of Energy. Thank you, Secretary Brouillette, for being here.
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, announced $999,970 in federal investments for Integrated Sensors, LLC, located in Toledo, Ohio. The funding was provided by the Department of Energy (DOE) through DOE's Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. As subcommittee chair responsible for funding the Department of Energy, Rep Kaptur has increased investments at DOE to advance human understanding of physics, chemistry, and biological systems. On February 5, 2020, Rep.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, held a Subcommittee hearing on the Department of Energy's (DOE) role in advancing biomedical sciences. The purpose of the hearing was to highlight the innovative use of DOE's capabilities in a variety of important health-related fields and underscore opportunities and benefits of better collaboration between DOE and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Chairwoman Kaptur Opening Statement As Prepared For Delivery
Thank you all for coming, and I want to especially thank our witnesses.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, released the following statement after the House passed two legislative packages that together comprise all 12 fiscal year 2020 funding bills – H.R. 1865, domestic priorities and international assistance appropriations minibus, and H.R. 1158, national security appropriations minibus.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, released the following statement after the House Committee on Appropriations released the final fiscal year 2020 spending agreement, which includes the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies funding bill. The legislation funds the Department of Energy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of the Interior programs, and other related agencies. The bill now heads to the House floor.