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May 14, 2026

Washington, DC — House Appropriations Committee Republicans today released the draft fiscal year 2027 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The bill energy raises costs for American households, weakens our national security, and abandons communities cleaning up radioactive waste.


May 12, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that the US Department of Transportation (USDOT), through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), has awarded $1,066,575 in federal awards to support critical infrastructure improvements at Williams County Regional Airport (OG6), Defiance Memorial Airport (DFI), and Sandusky County Regional Airport (S24). These airport improvements are part of a broader effort to enhance transportation infrastructure across Northwest Ohio.

The $1,066,575 in federal awards from the FAA include:


May 7, 2026
Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) a senior member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, and Congressman Michael McCaul (TX-10) — chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee’s Task Force on Securing the Homeland Amidst Special Events — introduced the Guard the Skies Act along with Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) and Congressman Eli Crane (AZ-02). The Guard the Skies Act grants the National Guard explicit authority to counter threats from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) — commonly known as drones — while remaining under the direction and control of state governors.

May 6, 2026

Toledo, Ohio — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Congressman Bob Latta (OH-05) have introduced a bipartisan resolution proclaiming May 8 through May 17, 2026, 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.


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October 18, 2018

MCCOMB - While agriculture accounts for more than two-thirds of the phosphorus pollution in Lake Erie, many farmers are working hard to find and share conservation practices that will best address that problem. One of the most prominent examples in the western Lake Erie basin is the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service's Blanchard River Demonstration Farms Network. On Wednesday, U.S. Rep.


July 25, 2018

The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday adopted a measure by Toledo Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur that encourages medical students to obtain their needed clinical observation hours at Veterans Administration hospitals.


July 12, 2018

When most think of summertime in Port Clinton, they think beaches, boating and, in general, having an unlimited amount of fun in the water and on the shore. For others, summer in Port Clinton still means fun on the shoreline, but fun gearing up for the incomparable World Series of Shooting Sports at Camp Perry.


June 19, 2018

U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur visited a Michigan detention center Monday morning to meet with migrant workers detained in the recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement illegal immigration sting in Sandusky and Castalia, Ohio.


June 17, 2018

The Lorain County Sheriff's Office recently hosted a special roundtable discussion with U.S. Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, according to a news release. At the request of the Sheriff's Office, Kaptur visited and discussed important issues impacting law enforcement, corrections and the Drug Task Force.