Press Releases

Kaptur, Dingell, Lead Colleagues In Letter Urging President to Recognize Importance of the US-Canada Relationship 
August 31, 2026
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Toledo, OH – Today, Democratic Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Great Lakes Task Force Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) led 86 of their House colleagues in urging President Trump to change his Administration’s diplomatic approach with Canada and recognize the importance of the US-Canada relationship. The effort follows further fraying in the two country’s relations amid President Trump’s escalating and chaotic use of trade barriers against Canada.

Issues: Trade Jobs and the Economy Health Care Energy
Kaptur Announces Over $5.8 Million Secured for Northwest Ohio Health Programs and Medical Research
August 25, 2026
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Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that several Northwest Ohio nonprofits, researchers, small businesses and localities will receive awards through the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Issues: Jobs and the Economy Health Care
Kaptur Announces Over $1.8 Million in Awards for University of Toledo Advanced Scientific Research
August 20, 2026
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Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, announced three separate awards for research programs at the University of Toledo.
Issues: Trade Jobs and the Economy Health Care Energy
Kaptur Applauds Additional Investment Of $289,597 For Northwest Ohio Airports
August 14, 2026
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Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, announced that two Northwest Ohio airports will receive United States Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awards for critical upgrades and improvements.
Issues: Trade Jobs and the Economy
Kaptur Announces Over $32 Million US EPA Award for Lower Maumee River Sway Bridge Project
August 12, 2026
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Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Chair of the bipartisan House Great Lakes Task Force and Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, announced that the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority has been awarded $32,343,000 through the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) to complete remediation of the Lower Maumee River Sway Bridge Project. Congresswoman Kaptur has championed the GLRI since before its creation, and has worked with Presidents of both parties to ensure its continued funding levels.
Issues: Trade Jobs and the Economy
Kaptur, McCaul, Hoyer, Wilson, Colleagues Introduce the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026
August 10, 2026
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Toledo, OH – Today, Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Emeritus Congressman Michael McCaul (TX-10), Former Majority Leader of the House of Representatives Congressman Steny Hoyer (MD-05), and Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) introduced the bipartisan Lindsey O.

Issues: Trade Jobs and the Economy Energy
Statement From Office Of Congresswoman Kaptur
August 2, 2026
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Toledo, OH – Today, the office of Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement:
"This morning Congresswoman Kaptur was a passenger in a vehicle on her way to a church service when the car she was traveling in was struck. She is active, alert, and being treated for non-life threatening injuries.
"We look forward to additional information from Toledo Police as they investigate the accident.
Kaptur, Bipartisan Co-Chairs Of Great Lakes Task Force Urge Administration To Lift Stop-Work Order On Brandon Road Lock And Dam Complex
August 1, 2026
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Toledo, OH – On Friday, July 31st, the bipartisan Co-Chairs of the Congressional Great Lakes Task Force Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06), Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14), and Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-04) sent a letter urging the Trump Administration to lift a stop-work order and end the Administrative review on the Brandon Road Lock and Dam complex. The critical project is designed to prevent invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes and devastating the region’s $11 Billion fishing and recreation industry.

Issues: Trade Jobs and the Economy
Kaptur Statement on Halt of Brandon Road Lock and Dam Construction
July 30, 2026
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Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water and Co-Chair of the bipartisan House Great Lakes Task Force, released the following statement about the US Army Corps of Engineers stopping work on the Brandon Road Lock and Dam complex, a project in Joliet, Illinois intended to stop invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes.

Issues: Trade Jobs and the Economy
Energy Secretary’s Own Lawyers Flatly Contradict His Repeated Denials That Politics Played Any Role in Mass Termination of Projects
July 24, 2026
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Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development issued the following statement in response to a

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