Press Releases
Toledo, OH — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), released the following statement after news that President Trump said that Russia should be readmitted to the Group of Seven club of industrial economies. Russia had been ejected from the Group of Seven four years ago over the annexation of Crimea.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Dean of the Ohio Delegation, today released the following statement in regards to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) action that occurred at a greenhouse and landscaping company near Sandusky, Ohio:
"We are in direct contact with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials as well as local advocates in regards to the 114 people that were questioned and in some cases detained, in yesterday's raid in Sandusky.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), the longest-serving Democratic and Republican women in the House, today introduced a bipartisan resolution condemning Russian transgressions against international law and FIFA values during the 2018 World Cup in Russia. This includes Russia's history of violent and illegal action, like the invasion of Ukraine, as well as their well-documented human rights violations and the jailing of activists and journalists.
Toledo, Ohio – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) joined Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz to announce that $1.8 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been awarded to the City of Toledo for clean-up of the former Champion Spark Plug site on Upton Avenue. The significant federal investment will be used to remove asbestos and building debris along a 5-acre portion of the former spark plug maker's 20-acre production site.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Dean of the Ohio Delegation, will today introduce an amendment to the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 to expand the scope of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) to use funds to bolster trade and port activity in the Great Lakes region. Additionally, the bill renames the Seaway the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), a senior Member on the House Appropriations Committee, announced several grants made available through the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Washington, D.C. – In a letter, Ohio's U.S. House Democratic Delegation urged Governor John Kasich to rescind employment and community engagement requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries. On February 16, 2018, the Ohio Department of Medicaid proposed a Group VIII Work Requirements and Community Engagement 1115 Demonstration Waiver. The letter was cosigned by Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Tim Ryan (OH-13), Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11), and Joyce Beatty (OH-03).
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Dean of the Ohio Delegation, signed a discharge petition to force a vote to restore net neutrality protections, after Speaker Paul Ryan and House Republicans continued inaction to even debate restoring the net neutrality rules the Trump Administration's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) dismantled in December.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Dean of the Ohio Delegation and Member of the House Defense Appropriations Committee, released the following statement on President Donald Trump's decision to cancel the planned summit with North Korean leaders.
Washington, D.C. -- Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and Dave Joyce (R-OH) along with some of their bipartisan colleagues, sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, in support of the Great Lakes Advisory Board. Recently, the EPA has threated the establishment and composition of the much-needed advisory group, which sparked the need for the letter after multiple attempts of outreach to the agency by Reps Joyce and Kaptur.
Excerpts of the letter read: