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Ranking Member Kaptur Remarks at Fiscal Year 2026 Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation Budget Hearing

May 21, 2025

Full Hearing Recording Available Here

Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the subcommittee’s fiscal year 2026 budget hearing for the Army Corps of Engineers (Civil Works) and the Bureau of Reclamation:

Issues: Jobs and the Economy Energy

Kaptur, Khanna, Luna, And Biggs Introduce Bill To Codify Trump's Executive Order To Lower Prescription Drug Costs

May 20, 2025

Press Release

Washington, DC — Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ro Khanna (CA-17), Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13), and Andy Biggs (AZ-05) introduced the bipartisan Global Fairness in Drug Pricing Act to codify the core provisions of President Trump’s Executive Order into law — ensuring lasting, enforceable reform that permanently delivers lower prices to Americans.

Issues: Trade Health Care

Kaptur, Murray Call for Energy Department to Reverse New, Expanded Caps on Indirect Research Costs

May 19, 2025

Press Release

Issues: Trade Jobs and the Economy Energy

Kaptur Statement Following Budget Committee Hearing Held In Dark Of Night

May 18, 2025

Press Release

Washington, DC – Tonight, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after House Republicans reconvened a Budget Committee hearing at 10 pm on Sunday evening. While most Americans are preparing for the work week and not tuned in, The GOP has failed to advance its legislation to kick 13.7 million Americans off their health care, and make middle-class families suffer in order to fund Trillions in tax giveaways to Millionaires, Billionaires, and wealthy corporate donors.

Issues: Trade Jobs and the Economy Health Care Energy

Kaptur, DeLauro Condemn Trump’s Politicization of Critical Army Corps Construction

May 16, 2025

Press Release

Washington, DC — This week, the Trump Administration released its Army Corps work plans that show President Trump is politicizing critical infrastructure investments.

Issues: Trade Jobs and the Economy Energy

In the News

Battle Over Student Loan Collection Fees

July 21, 2016

In The News

By: Michael Stratford, Politico

July 21, 2016

POLITICAL MUSCLE TO PROTECT FEES: Amid a brewing political and legal battle over student loan collection fees, United Student Aid Funds — a guaranty agency at the center of the fight — is stepping up its lobbying game.

Wall Street Vultures May Have Wrecked the Central States Pension Fund

July 21, 2016

In The News

By: Bruce Vail, In These Times

July 21, 2016

Bowing to the demands of thousands of angry Teamsters, the federal Government Accountability Office (GAO) has agreed to conduct an inquiry into the past investments of the Central States Pension Fund, the organization that manages the retirement benefits for more than 400,000 union members, both retired and active.

One goal of the inquiry is to determine whether Goldman Sachs and other investment advisors caused the Fund to lose money, endan

Nuns aim to ‘mend gaps’ in society

July 17, 2016

In The News

By: Mike Sigov, The Blade

July 17, 2016

The Nuns on the Bus stopped Saturday in Toledo on their way to the Republican and Democratic parties’ presidential nominating conventions and called on area people to appeal to politicians to help bridge economic and social gaps in American society.

“I urge you to join us in mending these gaps,” bus rider Sister Simone Campbell of Washington, executive director of Network, said. “Our nation needs it. Your community needs it.

$700 Million Retool of the Toledo Jeep North Assembly Plant Announced

July 15, 2016

In The News

By: Norwalk Reflector

July 15, 2016

TOLEDO — Fiat Chrysler Automobiles today announced its planned $700 million investment in the Toledo Assembly Complex North Plant to produce the next generation Jeep Wrangler.

“This is almost beyond belief, given where we were eight short years ago,” said U.S. Rep.

Relief Abounds as Lorain Learns of Job-Saving Fire Grant

July 14, 2016

In The News

By: Katherine Nix, The Chronicle-Telegram

July 14, 2016

LORAIN — JoAnne Moon cried Wednesday morning.

She said she couldn’t stop when she and other city officials learned that Lorain would receive a federal grant that would allow 22 laid-off firefighters to return to work.

“I can’t seem to stop crying,” Moon, councilwoman for the city’s 5th Ward, said at the Central Fire station on Broadway where city officials and firefighters were told the news.