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Kaptur tapped for congressional panel on economic inequality

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.

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.


October 18, 2018

MCCOMB - While agriculture accounts for more than two-thirds of the phosphorus pollution in Lake Erie, many farmers are working hard to find and share conservation practices that will best address that problem. One of the most prominent examples in the western Lake Erie basin is the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation and the U.S.


July 25, 2018

The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday adopted a measure by Toledo Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur that encourages medical students to obtain their needed clinical observation hours at Veterans Administration hospitals.


July 12, 2018

When most think of summertime in Port Clinton, they think beaches, boating and, in general, having an unlimited amount of fun in the water and on the shore. For others, summer in Port Clinton still means fun on the shoreline, but fun gearing up for the incomparable World Series of Shooting Sports at Camp Perry.


June 19, 2018

U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur visited a Michigan detention center Monday morning to meet with migrant workers detained in the recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement illegal immigration sting in Sandusky and Castalia, Ohio.


June 17, 2018

The Lorain County Sheriff's Office recently hosted a special roundtable discussion with U.S. Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, according to a news release. At the request of the Sheriff's Office, Kaptur visited and discussed important issues impacting law enforcement, corrections and the Drug Task Force.