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February 7, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – This week, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14), Congresswoman Emilia Sykes (OH-13), and Congressman Michael Rulli (OH-06) introduced the East Palestine Health Impact Monitoring Act of 2025 to authorize funding to conduct a study of the long-term health impacts caused by the 2023 East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment.

Issues: Health Care

February 6, 2025

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) have introduced the Great Lakes Gateways Network Act of 2025, a bipartisan effort to promote conservation, education, and public access to the Great Lakes and their surrounding watershed. The bill seeks to enhance historical, cultural, and recreational sites throughout the Great Lakes region by authorizing federal grants to support state, local, and private investments in conservation and community development.


January 31, 2025

Toledo, OH – Tonight, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09) released the following statement, following news reports that Elon Musk has pressured the top US Treasury official in charge of payments to resign, and gained access and taken control of the US Treasury payment system:


January 31, 2025
Washington, DC — 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 wrote a

January 31, 2025

Washington, DC – Today, Co-Chair and Co-Founder of the Congressional Poland Caucus Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), and Co-Chairs Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ-04), Congressman Bill Keating (D-MA-09), and Congressman Mike Turner (R-OH-10) announced that they will reestablish the bipartisan Congressional Poland Caucus for the 119th Congress.


In the News

July 25, 2016
By: Dave Majumdar, The National Interest
July 25, 2016
Senior Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives are urging President Barack Obama to radically reshape America’s nuclear posture.

July 25, 2016
By: Nolan Rosenkrans, The Blade
July 25, 2016
A new Lucas County Land Bank initiative will nearly eliminate blight in Toledo, Lucas County Treasurer Wade Kapszukiewicz said.
The plan calls for the land bank to demolish or renovate 1,500 properties over the next 1,500 days, which would remove the vast majority of known blighted properties in the city.
County officials plan to announce the initiative today along with U.S. Sen.

July 23, 2016
By: The Sandusky Register
July 23, 2016
Washington, D.C.

July 22, 2016
By: Andy Ouriel, The Sandusky Register
July 22, 2016
SANDUSKY — Erie County literally took the lead in landing lead abatement money.
The county health department on Friday received noticed it secured $1.65 million in federal funds to:
  • Remove lead in 80 area homes
  • Implement other proactive strategies to keep these homes safe from other toxins, such as radon and asbestos
Work on homes should begin in October

July 22, 2016
By: Sabrina Eaton, cleveland.com
July 22, 2016
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Ohio Democrats in Congress are volunteering Cleveland to host the 2017 NBA All-Star game, after the league withdrew the event from North Carolina over the state's policies on transgender individuals.
All four Ohio Democrats in the U.S.