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Kaptur and Bice Introduce Law Enforcement Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act

March 31, 2025

Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Congresswoman Stephanie Bice (OK-05) introduced the Law Enforcement Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act of 2025. The bipartisan bill would provide grants to law enforcement departments at the state, local, territorial, and tribal level to obtain vital behavioral health crisis response training to resolve behavioral health crisis situations more safely and effectively.

Kaptur Statement On Trump Proposed 25% Auto Tariffs

March 27, 2025

Press Release

Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Chair of the House Auto Caucus and a senior member of the House Appropriations and Budget Committees released the following statement on President Trump’s proposed 25% auto tariffs on Canada, Mexico, South Korea, Japan, and Germany:

“We must do more to address the US manufacturing and technology job washout in the automotive and transportation industries. This will require a lot more than a 25% tariff on automotive imports.

Issues: Trade Jobs and the Economy

Kaptur Renews Call For Investigation Related To Leak Of Pentagon Attack Plans In Unsecure Signal Group Chat

March 27, 2025

Press Release

Washington, DC —Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), a senior member of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee delivered a speech on the House floor renewing her calls for resignations, removals, investigation, and Congressional hearings related to the Department of Defense leak of attack plans in a Signal group chat that included a reporter, and was conducted on unsecure non-governmental devices.

Kaptur and Allen Introduce The TELL Act To Ensure Americans' Personal Data Does Not Fall Into Hands Of CCP

March 27, 2025

Press Release

Washington, DC —Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), and Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) introduced the bipartisan Telling Everyone the Location of Data Leaving the US Act (TELL Act), to protect American data from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Kaptur Delivers Testimony On Importance Of Funding Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Before Appropriations Interior Subcommittee

March 25, 2025

Press Release

Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Chair of the House Great Lakes Task Force, senior Appropriator, and Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Energy and Water Development Subcommittee, testified in support of robust funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative at the Member Day Hearing of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies.

Issues: Trade Jobs and the Economy Health Care Energy

In the News

Asian carp ‘fatigue’ threatens Great Lakes

August 3, 2016

In The News

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.

Former colleagues, public officials, saddened by Steve LaTourette's death

August 3, 2016

In The News

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."

Brown sympathizes with Lorain steelworkers -- but wants to see trade cheating fixed

August 2, 2016

In The News

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.

'Pokemon Go' players frequenting Marcy Kaptur's office to capture Eevee

August 1, 2016

In The News

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.

Cleveland Metroparks gets nearly $8 million from feds for bike and pedestrian paths

July 26, 2016

In The News

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.