Press Releases

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Congresswoman Stephanie Bice (OK-05) introduced the Law Enforcement Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act of 2023. The bipartisan bill would provide grants to law enforcement departments at the state, local, territorial, and tribal level to obtain vital behavioral health crisis response training to resolve behavioral health crisis situations more safely and effectively. Funding for this training would be authorized under the Byrne JAG program funding.

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development released the following statement following a decision by the Biden Administration and Treasury Department to allow Chinese made solar subcomponents to be used in solar technology billed as American made.

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) joined Representatives Mike Kelly (PA-16), and Brian Higgins (NY-26), and Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Mike Crapo (R-ID), to introduce legislation in the House and Senate designating U.S. Route 20 between Newport, Oregon and Boston, Massachusetts as the “National Medal of Honor Highway.” This stretch of U.S. Route 20 passes through Northern Ohio and towns and cities in Ohio’s 9th Congressional District including Pioneer, Fayette, Toledo, Maumee, Perrysburg, Woodville, Fremont, and Clyde. In all, U.S.

Washington, DC – Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Bob Latta (OH-05), have led a bipartisan group of fifteen House members from Ohio and Michigan urging U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to support a proposal for the Great Lakes Clean Hydrogen Hub (GLCH).

Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Congressman Bob Latta (OH-05), introduced a bipartisan resolution proclaiming May 5 through May 14, 2023, as “National American Birding Week.” Birding is a pastime that generates billions in economic benefits annually, but migratory bird populations face many threats to their survival.

Washington, DC – This week, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), was joined by Donna and Jeff Heck Co-Founders of 33 Forever, Terry Russell Executive Director of National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Ohio, Scott Sylak Executive Director of the Mental Health and Recovery Services of Lucas County and local community mental health advocates on the first day of National Mental Health Awareness Month to announce $2 Million in federal funding secured by Congresswoman Kaptur through Community Project Funding for NAMI Ohio.

Toledo, OH – Today, Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Susan Wild (PA-05), Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-07), Shontel Brown (OH-11), and Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) held a virtual press conference to highlight work they are doing to prevent default by the United States on its debt obligations and to protect vital investments that lower costs and create better paying jobs.

Washington, DC – Today, the Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus – Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), Mike Quigley (D-IL-05), and Andy Harris (R-MD-01) – released the following statement on Russian missile strikes overnight in Kyiv.

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, released the following statement regarding her vote on the Congressional Review Act resolution. The resolution disapproves the Biden Administration’s 2-year suspension of critical market-leveling import tariffs on companies that illegally circumvent U.S.