Press Releases
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.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, announced the Department of Energy has awarded $16.1 Million to the Toledo area to spur jobs and solar energy innovation. Toledo Solar and First Solar will receive funding to advance their pathbreaking work on solar technology.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after she reintroduced the Return to Prudent Banking Act. The Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2023 would re-instate essential provisions of the Glass-Steagall Act, or the Banking Act of 1933, which had provided an unprecedented half-century of economic stability. In 1999, Congress repealed the Glass-Steagall Act.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced a $400,000 matching grant award to the Toledo Museum of Art. This infrastructure and capacity building grant awarded to the Toledo Museum of Art is one of 258 projects selected nationwide by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to generate private support for local humanities projects.
Toledo, OH – Today, Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) was joined by U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia L. Fudge in Toledo, Ohio as a part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Invest in America Tour – which highlights the Administration’s progress in the fight to build our economy from the bottom up and middle out.