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November 24, 2025

Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that three Northwest Ohio organizations have been awarded a combined total of more than $3.7 Million in new federal funding from the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families. These awards, made through the Responsible Fatherhood Program, will strengthen families by supporting fathers with tools for responsible parenting, healthy relationships, and economic stability.

The recipients are:


November 22, 2025
Washington, DC — Today, Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus, Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), Mike Quigley (D-IL-05), along with Representative Don Bacon (R-NE-02) Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation issued the following statement in response to the reported peace plan between Ukraine and Russia:
“The proposed ‘peace plan’ for Ukraine appears to favor the interests of the aggressor — Dictator Vla
Issues: Trade

November 20, 2025
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Congressman Bob Latta (OH-05) introduced the bipartisan Rear Admiral Alene Duerk Ship Renaming Act of 2025, legislation to honor one of Northwest Ohio’s most distinguished trailblazers in military history, Rear Admiral Alene Bertha Duerk, the first woman in United States Navy history to achieve Flag Rank, achieving the rank of Rear Admiral.
Rear Admiral Duerk, born in Defiance, Ohio, and raised in Holgate, Ohio charted a path of extraordinary service and groundbreaking leadershi

November 12, 2025

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) voted against the Senate Amendment to H.R. 5371 – Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs. Upon her vote, Congresswoman Kaptur released the following statement decrying the corruption in the bill that would enrich Senators believed linked to the January 6 Insurrection plot, while failing to address the imminent health care crisis that will cause insurance rates to increase by 114% nationwide.


October 28, 2025

Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, sent a


In the News

June 8, 2018

A Washington Post report that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt spent $1,560 on 12 customized fountain pens from a Washington jewelry store sufficiently peeved Toledo Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur that she inserted an amendment into a spending bill to limit Pruitt's pen costs.


May 22, 2018

A volunteer advisory board for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative programs has gone dormant under President Donald Trump, and Reps. Dave Joyce and Marcy Kaptur want to make sure it's revived.


April 26, 2018

Rep. Marcy Kaptur, an Ohio Democrat, discusses the House committee hearings on Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt's performance. She speaks with Bloomberg's David Westin and Shery Ahn on "Bloomberg Markets: Balance of Power."


April 26, 2018

Toledo Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur on Thursday joined congressional inquiries into Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt's spending and travel by berating Pruitt for visiting Italy and Morocco instead of Cleveland.