Press Releases
PARMA (Oct. 28) -- Representative Kaptur joined congressional colleague Jim Renacci (OH-16) at a ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Parma branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library system.
TOLEDO (Oct. 21, 2013) – Congresswoman Kaptur helped officials of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority break ground for the $18 million Ironville Terminal warehouse along the Maumee River in East Toledo.
TOLEDO (Oct. 7, 2013) – Congresswoman Kaptur today welcomed Israeli agriculture expert Zion Daco to the Ninth Congressional District of Ohio for a tour of the University Church community garden on Hill Avenue and a discuss of innovative techniques to enhance food production.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 30, 2013) – Congresswoman Kaptur today announced a federal award of $416,647 to the local Criminal Justice Coordination Council for an offender re-entry program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 28, 2013) -- Congresswoman Kaptur welcomed the largest-ever contingent of Honor Flight veterans to the World War II Memorial.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 27, 2013) -- Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur welcomed the announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice that Cleveland and Toledo each will receive $1.25 million from the COPS Hiring Program.
The funding will cover 10 officers for each department.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 25, 2013) – U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) has introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to make the Ohio Veterans Home and other state veterans homes eligible for homelessness grant funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio introduced a companion bill in the U.S. Senate.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 10) -- Congresswoman Kaptur made the following statement this morning on the House floor about the crisis in Syria:
The Tall Ships have entered the Western Basin of Lake Erie and will be display this weekend in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the pivotal battle in the War of 1812.
Special events will be held throughout the weekend along the coast. Put-In-Bay will host the heralded U.S. Navy Band, and a historical re-enactment of the Battle of Lake Erie begins at noon on Sunday.