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May 8, 2025
Toledo, Ohio — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), released the following statement on the announcement of Pope Leo XIV, the first American Pope:

May 7, 2025

Washington, DC — Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Wesley Bell (MO-01), Mike Quigley (IL-05), and Hank Johnson (GA-04), led a letter to President Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi raising serious concerns over the potential nomination of Ed Martin to serve as US Attorney for the District of Columbia. Congresswoman Kaptur is the Co-Founder and Co-Chair and Congressman Quigley serves as Democratic Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, and Congressman Bell is a new member of the Caucus.


May 2, 2025

Toledo, Ohio — This week, on Wednesday April 30, 2025, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Congressman Bob Latta (OH-05), introduced a bipartisan resolution proclaiming May 9 through May 18, 2025, 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.


April 24, 2025

Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that the University of Toledo has been awarded a $473,632 federal research award from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to explore how the body’s immune system — specifically the IL-17 receptor signaling in megakaryocytes — responds to the condition known as oral thrush.

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In the News

August 3, 2016
By: Tom Henry, The Blade
August 3, 2016
Great Lakes charter boat captains are calling on Congress to refocus efforts on Asian carp, the exotic species with a voracious appetite that many fish biologists fear would wreak havoc on the region’s $7 billion fishery if they ever became established in it.
Those fishing captains are one of the groups with the most to lose, because they are highly dependent on a diverse mix of fish species to make their businesses more attractive.

August 3, 2016

by Sabrina Eaton, Cleveland Plain Dealer

U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Toledo area:

"He was a very adept political figure who was highly intelligent and a lawyer's lawyer. He was one of those members that had the capacity to reach across the aisle. He always had a smile and always had a good word. If I can pick one area where we accomplished something, it was trying to get resources allocated to the Great Lakes at the federal level. I would say he was a very rare talent. My deepest sympathies go to his family."


August 2, 2016
By: Katie Nix, The Chronicle-Telegram
August 2, 2016
LORAIN — Former Lorain resident and current U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown made a trip back to his old stomping grounds Monday afternoon for a roundtable with local and national officials regarding the city’s economic future.
“As someone who used to live in Lorain, I talk to people about the declining steel industry all the time,” said Brown, who represented the area as a congressman in the 1990s and early 2000s.

August 1, 2016
By: Sabrina Eaton, Cleveland.com
August 1, 2016
CLEVELAND -- At first, workers in Rep. Marcy Kaptur's office on Lorain Ave. were puzzled by a dramatic rise in the number of passersby lingering outside their storefront, all staring intently at smartphone screens.
Finally, the Toledo Democrat's staffers put two and two together.

July 26, 2016
By: Sabrina Eaton, cleveland.com
July 26, 2016
WASHINGTON - Cleveland Metroparks has been awarded a $7.95 million federal transportation grant to build more than four miles of bicycle and pedestrian trails in central Cleveland, including a bridge to connect the existing Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail to the lakefront, according to the office of Rep.