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July 2, 2026
Port Clinton, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that three Northwest Ohio airports will be receiving awards from the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT). A total of $7,189,092 will be awarded to the Erie-Ottawa International Airport, the Toledo Executive Airport, and the Fulton County Airport through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to improve passenger and crew safety and to update facilities. As a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, Congresswoman Kaptur prioritizes bringing essential funds back home where they are needed most.

July 1, 2026

Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that two Toledo airports will receive awards totaling $3,677,990 from the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) to improve passenger and crew safety and for facility updates and upgrades. The Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport (TOL), Toledo’s commercial passenger airport and home to the Ohio Air National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing, will receive $2,836,854 through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).


June 30, 2026
Washington, DC – Today, Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), introduced the bipartisan Strategic Unmanned Systems Partnership Act to increase security cooperation and strengthen defense capabilities between the United States and Ukraine.

June 29, 2026

Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, and a senior member of the House Defense Subcommittee on Appropriations joined local partners to announce that after receiving its first Pentagon contract, Ukrainian Defense Drones (UDD) has chosen Northwest Ohio for its first major US assembly and manufacturing center. UDD, the US company representing Ukraine’s F-Drones, is expected to make an $18.4 Million investment for the new production project in the Village of Holland, creating at least 300 new jobs.


June 22, 2026
Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that the University of Toledo will receive two separate grants from the Department of Health and Human Services to fund life-saving medical research. The first is $339,900 through the National Institute on Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to support research into the GSK3Beta enzyme, which accelerates the progression of diabetes and kidney diseases. The second award is for a total of $736,899 through the National Institute on Aging to research kinome networks in Alzheimer’s dementia.

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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.