Press Releases

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Dean of the Ohio Delegation, issued the following statement after news that President Trump would cut funding of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) by 95%. The ONDCP not only provides the annual strategy to reducing illicit drug use, drug trafficking and crime, and related health consequences, it also administers funding programs that are vital to achieving those objectives.

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) issued the following statement after news that U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn its approval of Ohio EPA's assessment of the state's list of impaired waterways. That assessment failed to address the open waters of Lake Erie. U.S. EPA had previously accepted both Ohio's and Michigan's assessments even though Michigan had designated the open waters of Lake Erie as impaired, while Ohio had refused to do so. U.S.

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), today issued the following statement regarding the section 232 steel report sent by the U.S. Department of Commerce to President Trump.

"Now that the section 232 report has finally been delivered to the President, he has 90 days to act. One thing has not changed since the investigation began is that steelworkers and communities like Lorain, Ohio, who have been battered by job losses, need relief now," said Kaptur.

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Dean of the Ohio Delegation, spoke at a press conference at the U.S. Supreme Court to defend the constitutional rights of Ohioans who have been purged from voter rolls and to condemn the clear voter suppression implicit in denying eligible citizens access to the ballot box. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute. The case revolves around Larry Harmon, who tried to vote in an Ohio local election in 2015 only to find that the state had removed him from the voter rolls because he had not voted since 2008.

Washington, D.C. — As one of her first actions in 2018, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), the longest-serving woman in Congress and Dean of the Ohio Delegation, took to the House floor to urge Congress and President Donald Trump to act and provide pension relief to thousands of retirees and workers through the bipartisan Butch Lewis Act of 2017.

"Congress needs to step up and secure the pension benefits these workers have earned," said Kaptur in her floor speech. "And there should be no pension cuts for workers who contributed to their own plans, and should have a right to the money that they invested."

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), sent a bipartisan letter to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI), requesting action to address the looming crisis in America's private pensions, which puts the retirement of millions at risk. The letter was signed by Reps. David B. McKinley (R-WV), Rick Nolan (D-MN), Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Don Young (R-AK).

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and 171 Members of Congress, sent a letter to the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, Rod J. Rosenstein, to express their support for the investigation being conducted by Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III. The effort was led by Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43).

Toledo, OH — Today Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), congratulated Ms. Micah Inak of Lakewood High School, Lakewood, OH and Mr. Ben Car of Bowsher High School, Toledo, OH for receiving the Downtown Toledo Coffee Cup Award as a result of their participation in the Ninth Congressional District Invitational Art Exhibition. The awards will be presented today at 4:00 p.m. at Claro Coffee Bar, 1801 Adams Street, Toledo, Ohio.