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Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) released the following statement announcing $23,668,160.00 in federal funds awarded to the Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments (TMACOG) and Toledo Metroparks as a federal contribution for the construction of the planned Glass City Riverwalk. The award is being administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Transportation Discretionary Grants program. DOT will make further details available to the public on September 15^th.

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, announced $7,975,180 in federal investments for communities across Northern Ohio, including Cleveland, Toledo, Lakewood, Lorain, Parma, Sandusky, and Cuyahoga County. The funding is comprised of Community Development Blocks Grants (CDBG) provided by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. As a senior Member of the House Appropriations Committee, Rep. Kaptur has led the effort to increase funding for CDBG as a whole and supported expanding funding for communities struggling to address the COVID-19 pandemic.

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), along with U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3), Tim Ryan (D-OH-13), and Marcia Fudge (D-OH-11), Chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Elections, sent a letter to Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose urging him to use his existing authority to provide prepaid return postage on ballots and ballot applications. Nothing in Ohio law prohibits LaRose from prepaying return postage for both ballots and mail-in ballot applications, and the Ohio lawmakers demanded he use that existing authority to eliminate voting barriers and ensure a free and fair election in November.