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April 13, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) joined Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) and 13 of their colleagues in a letter demanding Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries work in a bipartisan manner to direct the Ethics Committee to expedite their investigations into alleged misconduct by Members of Congress, with a call for prompt action.


April 10, 2026
Toledo, OH – Today, Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Congressional Hungarian Caucus Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and member of the Congressional Hungarian Caucus Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) introduced H.R. 8219 the bipartisan Barring Leverage and Obstruction that Contributes to Kremlin Profits Undermining Transatlantic Interests and NATO Act or the BLOCK PUTIN Act, which will hold senior Hungarian government officials accountable if they continue to block European assistance to Ukraine or continue to deepen Hungary’s dangerous reliance on Russian energy.

April 8, 2026

Oak Harbor, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) visited the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant to announce a $19.2 Million federal funding investment from the Department of Energy (DOE) for the new Nuclear Reactor Safety Training and Workforce Development program to be administered at the University of Toledo.


April 7, 2026
Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s threat against Iran that “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.”
“President Trump launched his war against Iran promising to liberate its 93 million people from a tyrannical regime. Today, he threatened to annihilate them.

April 3, 2026

Washington, DC Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus, Congressman Steny Hoyer (MD-05), Former Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Congressman Bill Keating (MA-09), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee On Europe, and Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21), Ranking Member of the Transatlantic Legislators’ Dialogue released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s threat to withdraw the United States from the N


March 27, 2026
Washington, DC — Tonight, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee urged House Speaker Mike Johnson to bring the bill to fully fund the Transportation Security Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, the United States Coast Guard, and US Cyber Defense before the House for a vote. Calling temporary funding measures a “disservice” to American taxpayers, Kaptur urged the Speaker to bring H.R.

March 25, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Co-Chairs of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus—Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Mike Quigley (IL-05), and Joe Wilson (SC-02)—along with Ukraine Caucus Member Representative Greg Landsman (OH-01), issued the following statement in response to a new report from the Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab (Yale HRL), which links Russian energy giants Gazprom and Rosneft  to Russia’s illegal and systemic kidnapping, detention, indoctrination, and militarization of Ukrainian children.

Issues: Trade Energy

March 13, 2026
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), and Congressman Mike Quigley (IL-05) who are Co-Chairs and leaders from both sides of the aisle in the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus, issued the following statement regarding the Administration's decision to ease oil sanctions on Russia:
"The decision to ease sanctions on Russia and allow Russian oil back onto the global market raises serious questions and threatens to weaken the international pressure campaign against Vladimir Putin’s war machin

March 12, 2026
Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water released the following statement on the Trump Administration's release of 172 Million barrels of Oil from the United States Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
“The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is a cornerstone of our national security — a shield I have fought to protect for decades against those who would treat it like a political piggy bank or an obsolete relic.