Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Chair of the House Great Lakes Task Force and Congressman David Joyce (OH-14) led a bipartisan group of 53 lawmakers in a letter to the Office of Management and Budget Director, Mick Mulvaney urging robust funding in the President's fiscal year 2019 budget for programs that address harmful algal blooms.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Ukraine Caucus Chairs, Reps. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Andy Harris (R-MD), Sander Levin (D-MI), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), today said the following on the targeting of journalists in Russia including the continued imprisonment of Ukrainian journalist, Roman Sushchenko by Russian authorities:
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Congressman David Joyce (OH-14) issued the following statements commending the Senate Appropriations Committee for including Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) funding in the 2018 Interior Appropriations bill.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Congressman David Joyce (OH-14) introduced bipartisan legislation with Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) to better prepare for, mitigate, and respond to harmful algal blooms, especially in the Great Lakes region.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), today issued the following statement after voting no on H.R. 1, the Republicans' tax plan:
"The People's House let the American people down today with the hasty passage of a partisan tax bill, rammed through Congress without a single hearing.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), today joined her Congressional colleagues in introducing legislation to protect retirees invested in multiemployer pension funds. Democratic Congressional leadership released the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act, also known as the "Butch Lewis Act" in honor of an Ohio Teamster.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) today released two letters from the University of Toledo and The Ohio State University, both citing many concerns with the Republican tax bill in its current form.
Washington, D.C. – Amidst ongoing NAFTA renegotiations with Canada and Mexico, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) sent a letter, along with pages of testimony from Ohioans, to U.S. Trade Ambassador Robert Lighthizer urging that real labor standards and enforcement be included in any new continental trade agreement.
Watch Kaptur's floor speech, on H. Res 614, Celebrating the 99th anniversary of Polish independence below:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Ukrainian Caucus Co-Chairs, Reps. Sander Levin (D-MI), Andy Harris (R-MD), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), today introduced a resolution commemorating the 85th Anniversary of the Holodomor Famine-Genocide.