Press Releases
Washington, D.C. — Today, Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed their bipartisan resolution in support of the Three Seas Initiative (3SI), a strategic partnership of twelve Central and Eastern European nations with the shared goal to foster energy, digital, and transportation infrastructure independence and resilience through collective financing of new infrastructure projects, increasing connectivity between the Adriatic, Baltic, and Black Seas, and countering Russian and Chinese malign influence.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) released the following statement following the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris:
Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) released the following statement after the General Services Administration (GSA) announced that it selected the Whiting-Turner Construction Company for the Bridging Design Build services contract at the James M. Ashley and Thomas W.L. Ashley U.S. Courthouse annex construction and renovation project in Toledo, Ohio. The project will construct a courthouse annex and make significant improvements to the existing courthouse. Construction will commence Summer of 2021.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz sent the following letter to businesses in the Toledo community urging them to provide workers paid time off on Election Day to vote and volunteer as poll workers. Additionally, Rep. Kaptur and Mayor Kapszukiewicz are asking Toledo businesses to help educate their workers about opportunities to vote, such as communicating early voting options, hours, and locations, as well as opportunities to serve as nonpartisan volunteers at polling places leading up to and during election day.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) released the following statement after Republicans confirmed Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court:
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) sent the following letter to Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt urging the department to prioritize major deferred maintenance projects in FY 21 for the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge (ONWR) pursuant to the Great American Outdoors Act, bipartisan legislation signed into law earlier this year which extends much needed federal resources to rebuild and maintain National Parks and wildlands across the U.S.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9), along with U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Representatives Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3), Tim Ryan (D-OH-13), and Marcia Fudge (D-OH-11), Chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Elections, penned a letter to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost urging him to join litigation against the United States Postal Service (USPS), allow for the installation of drop boxes without superfluous restrictions, and abandon unnecessary signature matching regulations for absentee ballots. The Ohio Attorney General is directing the State's legal defense on voting policies that are constraining Ohioans ability to cast their ballots.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Co-Chairs of the House Great Lakes Task Force Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), David Joyce (R-OH), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), and Bill Huizenga (R-MI) led a bipartisan letter to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee urging the Committee to include support for the Great Lakes in this year's Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) as it moves to conference the legislation with the Senate.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9), along with U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Representatives Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3), Tim Ryan (D-OH-13), and Marcia Fudge (D-OH-11), Chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Elections, penned a letter to Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose urging him to immediately take action to protect the health and safety of Ohio voters and poll workers in this upcoming election.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), senior Member of the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after she joined the House in voting to pass Democrats' updated version of The Heroes Act. The bill addresses needs that have developed since the House passed an earlier version in May and reflects bipartisan negotiations between Congressional Democrats and Republicans.