Press Releases

Kaptur Announces Start of Hazardous Substances Cleanup at Former Omni Polymers Facility in Central Toledo
September 9, 2025
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Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that the US Environmental Protection Agency has begun removing hazardous substances from the former Omni Polymers facility in Central Toledo. The long-awaited cleanup will address thousands of containers left behind after the facility was abandoned, many containing toxic materials that posed risks to residents and the surrounding environment.
“The start of this long-overdue cleanup at the Omni Polymers site represents a critical victory for the health and safety of Toledo residents.
Issues: Jobs and the Economy Health Care
Kaptur Celebrates Erie County Health Department’s Quality Leader Awards
September 8, 2025
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Sandusky, Ohio – In August, the Erie County Health Department (ECHD) and Erie County Community Health Center (ECCHC) received prestigious recognition from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), earning five Quality Leader Awards and reaffirmation of their Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) status. Notably, ECCHC received the HRSA Gold Award for quality for the second consecutive year, making it one of only five entities in Ohio to achieve this distinction in 2025.

Issues: Health Care
House Republicans Vote to Raise Energy Costs and Weaken National Security in Extreme Energy and Water Funding Bill
Ranking Member Kaptur Floor Remarks on the 2026 Energy and Water Development Funding Bill
September 3, 2025
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Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in opposition to the fiscal year 2026 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies funding bill:

Issues: Trade Jobs and the Economy Health Care Energy
Kaptur Delivers $300,000 in Federal Aviation Funds to Fulton and Williams County Airports
August 20, 2025
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Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that the Williams County Regional Airport Authority is being awarded $264,931 and the Fulton County Board of Commissioners will receive $33,250 in federal Airport Improvement Grant (AIG) funds from the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration.

Issues: Trade Jobs and the Economy
Kaptur Introduces Resolution Affirming the President’s Promise Not to Raise the Social Security and Medicare Retirement Age During Week of Social Security 90th Birthday
August 15, 2025
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Toledo, OH — Today, during the week of the 90th Birthday of Social Security, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) introduced a House Resolution affirming President Trump’s promise not to raise the retirement age for Social Security and Medicare.

Issues: Jobs and the Economy Health Care
Kaptur Leads Colleagues In Urging President Trump to Address Escalating Cyber Threats Ahead of Meeting With Dictator Putin In Alaska
August 15, 2025
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Toledo, OH – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus alongside Ukraine Caucus members Congressman Lloyd Doggett (TX-37), Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10), and Congresswoman Julie Johnson (TX-32), sent a forceful letter to President Donald J.
Issues: Trade Jobs and the Economy Health Care Energy
Kaptur Statement On Negotiations In Russia's Illegal War In Ukraine
August 10, 2025
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Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus released the following statement regarding the state of Russia's illegal war in Ukraine, as negations continues to develop.
 
"Bravo to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He nailed it—no red carpet and no concessions to Russian tyrant Putin. Dictator Putin is the aggressor. His lust for what is not his has exacted a crushing decade of war inside Ukraine.
Issues: Trade Jobs and the Economy
Non-Partisan Watchdog: President Trump and Russ Vought Continue to Steal from America’s Students and Schools
July 31, 2025
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Toledo, OH — Today, the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a decision finding that the Department of Energy violated the Impoundment Control Act. After investigating delayed awards for the Department of Energy’s Renew America’s Schools Program, GAO confirmed what we already knew: President Trump and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought’s theft of appropriated funds violates the Impoundment Control Act.

Issues: Trade Jobs and the Economy Health Care Energy
Kaptur, Quigley, Pingree Call for Trump Administration to Preserve Legal Status for Ukrainians
July 31, 2025
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Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), and Congressman Mike QuigleyCo-Chairs of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, together with Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01), led 33 members of Congress in calling on the Trump administration to rapidly address applications for legal status and work authorization by Ukrainians currently in the United States.

Issues: Jobs and the Economy