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July 1, 2026

Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that two Toledo airports will receive awards totaling $3,677,990 from the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) to improve passenger and crew safety and for facility updates and upgrades. The Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport (TOL), Toledo’s commercial passenger airport and home to the Ohio Air National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing, will receive $2,836,854 through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).


June 30, 2026
Washington, DC – Today, Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), introduced the bipartisan Strategic Unmanned Systems Partnership Act to increase security cooperation and strengthen defense capabilities between the United States and Ukraine.

June 29, 2026

Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, and a senior member of the House Defense Subcommittee on Appropriations joined local partners to announce that after receiving its first Pentagon contract, Ukrainian Defense Drones (UDD) has chosen Northwest Ohio for its first major US assembly and manufacturing center. UDD, the US company representing Ukraine’s F-Drones, is expected to make an $18.4 Million investment for the new production project in the Village of Holland, creating at least 300 new jobs.


June 22, 2026
Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that the University of Toledo will receive two separate grants from the Department of Health and Human Services to fund life-saving medical research. The first is $339,900 through the National Institute on Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to support research into the GSK3Beta enzyme, which accelerates the progression of diabetes and kidney diseases. The second award is for a total of $736,899 through the National Institute on Aging to research kinome networks in Alzheimer’s dementia.

June 18, 2026

Toledo, OH – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) is honored to recognize the artistic talents of all the participants of the 43rd Annual 9th Congressional District Art Competition. Today she announced that this year’s winner is Light Phillipps a student at the Toledo School for the Arts. Congresswoman Kaptur also announced that the first runner up was Millie Wilcox from Genoa Area Schools with a piece titled “Golden Hour,” and the second runner up was Acelin Schroder’s “Sweet Harvest” from Whitmer High School.


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January 16, 2019
Northeast Ohio politicians are mourning the death of murdered Polish mayor Paweł Adamowicz, who was stabbed at a charity concert on Sunday. Adamowicz was mayor of Gdansk, a sister city to Cleveland.

January 16, 2019

U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur, an Ohio Democrat who is co-chairwoman of the congressional Poland Caucus, called on Tuesday for a thorough investigation into the murder of Gdańsk Mayor Paweł Adamowicz. In a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives, Kaptur expressed condolences and noted that Gdańsk is a longtime sister city of Cleveland in her home state.


January 10, 2019

More than 60 House Democrats are urging leadership to make the opioid crisis a top priority in the new Congress. The Democrats said Congress should dedicate more funding and staff to addressing the crisis, which killed 47,600 people in 2017. "Despite previous Congressional efforts to provide more resources to combat the opioid crisis to states and communities across this nation, there is much more to do," said Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio,), who led the letter, along with Reps.

Issues: Health Care

December 7, 2018

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) has sent a letter with four colleagues to President Donald Trump, formally asking him to visit the communities impacted by General Motors' decision to idle several North America plants.