Press Releases
Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced more than $210 Million for Ohio drinking water and clean water infrastructure upgrades. The funding is part of the more than $50 Billion investment in water infrastructure upgrades from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law – the largest such investment in American history.
Toledo, OH – Today, Democratic Co-Chairs of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Congressman Mike Quigley (IL-05), and member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and of the Ukraine Caucus Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) released the following joint statement calling on US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson of Louisiana to bring members of Congress back to Washington to vote on supplemental aid for Ukraine, and our allies around the globe.
Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development released the following statement regarding the transfer of the former FirstEnergy/
Toledo, OH – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Congressional Advocate for Alexei Navalny's wrongful detention case under the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission’s Defending Freedoms Project, released the following statement following Alexei Navalny’s reported death at the hands of Vladimir Putin's Russian state:
Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus released the following statement after Senate passage of a cloture motion to advance the Administration’s Security Supplemental funding request for Ukraine, Israel, Indo-Pacific partners, border security, humanitarian aid, and global assistance:
Washington, DC – Tuesday, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and her colleagues on the bipartisan Great Lakes Task Force introduced the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Act of 2024. This bipartisan legislation will reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which is set to expire at the end of FY 2026, for another five years through FY 2031. The bill increases the current authorization level from $475 Million to $500 Million in FY 2026.
Washington, DC – Tuesday, January 30, Congressional Ukraine Caucus Co-Chairs Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Mike Quigley (IL-05), and Andy Harris (MD-01) were joined by Ukraine Caucus Members Steny Hoyer (MD-05), John Garamendi (CA-08), Jim Costa (CA-20), Seth Magaziner (RI-02), and Madeleine Dean (PA-04) for a press conference at the United States Capitol to Kick off Ukrainian Week 2024.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), announced that the The Glass Manufacturing Industry Council (GMIC) has been selected by the US Department of Energy to receive a $3 Million award to fund research of advanced electric melting in glass manufacturing. The research is intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help move the nation toward a net-zero economy. The GMIC project was one of 49 selected, totaling $171 Million in federal funding.
Toledo, OH – Tuesday, January 23, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), and Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz hosted a press conference and groundbreaking with local and regional leaders from the Toledo-Lucas Port Authority, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Great Lakes National Program Office, and the city of Toledo to break ground on construction to help restore and protect the Clark Island and Delaware/Horseshoe Islands, which are City of Toledo-owned islands in the Maumee River.
Over 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza have been displaced since Oct. 7
“The United States must ensure that there is no question that Palestinian civilians who wish to remain in the Gaza Strip must be allowed to do so.”