Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Congressman Walter Jones (NC-03) introduced to the House Rules Committee a bipartisan amendment to H.R. 10, the Financial CHOICE Act, which is set to move to the House floor for a vote this week. The Kaptur-Jones amendment removes the bill's current language, which takes America backward on Wall Street reform, and replaces it with the Return to Prudent Banking Act, a bill led by Kaptur, which reinstates critical Glass-Steagall protections.

Cleveland -- Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) today released the following statement after news Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski had passed away:

Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), today introduced the Balancing Trade Act of 2017, a bill to address our ongoing trade deficits and put our workers first. Kaptur was joined by original cosponsors Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-09), Rep. Tim Ryan (OH-13), Rep. Rick Nolan (MN-08) and Rep. Raul Grijalva (AZ-03).

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), released the following statement upon the release of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis of the American Health Care Act, also known as TrumpCare:

"The first rule of medicine is ‘do no harm', well the jury is in, and this nonpartisan analysis confirms our worst fears regarding the House approved TrumpCare bill. It rips away health care from 23 million Americans so the millionaires and billionaires can get a tax cut.

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), today testified at a public hearing held by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding its investigation of steel imports and illegal dumping of steel which has devastated steel-making communities such as Lorain, OH in the district she represents with job loss and uncertainty. Kaptur was the only Member of Congress to testify at the hearing.

See the following key excerpts from Kaptur testimony (watch here at 16:12 mark):

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), a senior Member of the House Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement regarding President Donald Trump's budget proposal:

"The more we see of President Trump's budget the worse it gets. From zeroing out programs that protect our Great Lakes to slashing health care to undermining Social Security, the President's team seems intent on cutting the budget on the backs of working people in our Nation's heartland. Our people depend on affordable housing, nutrition assistance and after-school programs to give them a leg up, yet the President's budget seems intent on pulling up the ladder.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statements today after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency accepted the determinations of the status of the open waters of Lake Erie made by both the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and Michigan Department of Natural Resources. While Michigan determined the open waters of Lake Erie to be impaired, Ohio declined to make the same assessment. Notably, the U.S. EPA accepted both assessments even though they disagreed on the status of Lake Erie.

Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) today issued the following statement regarding President Donald Trump's notice to Congress that he intends to renegotiate NAFTA:

"This is when the rubber meets the road, Mr. President. You made a promise to workers in Ohio and across our great Nation. I intend to fight every day to ensure you live up to that promise.