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February 25, 2025

Washington, DC Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the subcommittee's oversight hearing on the US Army Corps of Engineers' Civil Works Program:

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February 15, 2025
Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair and Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Ranking Member, issued the following statement in response to reports regarding thousands of probationary employee firings across the Department of Energy, including employees at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).

February 14, 2025

Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), and Representatives Paul D. Tonko (NY-20), Josh Riley (NY-19), Mike Lawler (NY-17) and James Moylan (GU-00) introduced H.R.

Issues: Energy

February 13, 2025

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) joined representatives Mike Turner (OH-10), Claudia Tenney (NY-24), and Gwen Moore (WI-04) to reintroduce the Susan Muffley Act of 2025. This bipartisan legislative effort is aimed at restoring pensions for over 21,000 Delphi Salaried Retirees, including approximately 5,180 in Ohio. Named in honor of the late wife of a Delphi retiree, the legislation seeks to provide financial relief to those whose pensions were reduced or eliminated following Delphi’s bankruptcy.


February 13, 2025

Washington, DC — House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Ranking Member Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released seven new fact sheets detailing how President Trump’s funding freeze is raising prices for Americans across the country.

Issues: Energy

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.