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February 24, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s State of the Union Address:


February 24, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Congressman Mike Quigley (IL-05), and Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), Co-Chairs of the 100-member bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus, issued the following statement in recognition of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s illegal full-scale invasion of Ukraine, marking twelve years since Russia launched its war to dominate the Ukrainian people, erase their unique identity, and extinguish their democracy.


February 23, 2026

Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced she will host the first female Eagle Scout in Northwest Ohio history, Kara Bolinger and Bryan Mayor Carrie M. Schlade as her guests for the Presidential State of the Union Address taking place on Tuesday, February 24th, 2026.


February 18, 2026
Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus released the following statement on negotiations to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“I am alarmed by reports that the Trump Administration is pressuring Ukraine into ceding its sovereign territory and the people who live on it to Russia as part of ongoing negotiations to end Russia’s war on Ukraine.
“Russia is not winning this war—it is losing more soldiers every month than during its entire 10-year war in Afghanistan.
Issues: Trade

February 17, 2026

Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement on the passing of Reverend Jesse Jackson:


In the News

September 15, 2016

PUT-IN-BAY - Though the island's most popular attraction is open only five months a year, during that span the Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial typically hosts between 150,000 to 200,000 people.

Next season, however, the iconic column that is home to one of the highest open air observation decks in the National Park Service, which island visitors have been flocking to for the last century, will be closed for repairs.


September 14, 2016

PORT CLINTON — The Ottawa County Transportation Agency could update its fleet with federal grant funds in the near future.

The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced the local agency will receive part of a $6.7 million grant awarded to the Ohio Department of Transportation.

The grant allows public transportation systems in rural communities to update or replace old vehicles. Ottawa County is one of 35 counties across the state to qualify for a slice of these funds, according to a news release.


September 14, 2016

In 1982, Tim Blake writes a song. He is not yet a full decade into his work at U.S. Steel, that titan of the local economy and the foothold for thousands of families in Lorain. It is in that Northeast Ohio city that he confronts the wildfire of local and national steel layoffs in the early 1980s with a weary optimism. The song is called "Take Another Route."


September 13, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Federal Aviation Administration will give Cleveland Hopkins International Airport an $8 million grant to prevent the recurrence of runway deicing problems that resulted in unsafe winter conditions at the airport, according to Toledo Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur.

Kaptur said the grant is on top of more than $22 million that the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded Hopkins in July to improve the airport's snow removal fleet and reconfigure its taxiways to improve sightlines for pilots and airfield crews.


September 13, 2016

The December budget deal directed HHS and the Veteran’s Administration to produce a report on prices paid by federal health programs on prescription drugs going back to 2003 as well as an analysis of the resources it takes to bring a new drug to market. That was supposed to be due six months later — in June — and could throw fuel onto the drug price fire. The office of Rep. Marcy Kaptur, who requested the report, said in late August that it was due “within weeks” — so keep an eye out.