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January 14, 2025

Washington, DC – Today, Co-Chair and Co-Founder of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), and Co-Chairs Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL-05), and Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC-02) announced that they will reestablish the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus for the 119th Congress.

Issues: Trade

January 9, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and her colleagues on the bipartisan Great Lakes Task Force introduced the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Act of 2025. This bipartisan bill will reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which is set to expire at the end of FY 2026, for another five years through FY 2031. The bill increases the FY 2026 authorization level from $475 Million to $500 Million starting in FY 2027.


January 7, 2025
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) celebrated the announcement of $1,107,700 from the Department of Transportation for the Swan Creek Greenway Planning project. This new federal funding will support planning, design, and community engagement activities for a multi-use trail along Swan Creek in Toledo to reconnect the Junction neighborhood to Downtown Toledo. The construction of Interstate 75 in the 1960’s displaced Junction residents and cut off the neighborhood from Downtown.

January 7, 2025

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, announced a major award of $14,078,572 to the Lucas County Transportation Improvement District from the Federal Highway Administration’s Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program.


January 5, 2025
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), joined President Biden at the White House for the signing of the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 into law. This bipartisan legislation which the Congresswoman cosponsored and helped pass into law eliminates the harmful Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pensions Offset (GPO). The WEP and GPO reduce or eliminate the earned Social Security benefits of public servants, including police officers, mail carriers, firefighters, and educators.

In the News

July 13, 2016
By: News Net 5
July 13, 2016
LORAIN, Ohio - The Lorain Fire Department will receive a federal grant to keep the firefighters who were laid off due to a budget crisis in the city on the job.
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur announced Wednesday that the Lorain Fire Department and the City of Lorain will get $3,181,140 in federal funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to maintain 22 employees that were previously laid off.

July 13, 2016
By: Ricahrd Payerchin, The Morning Journal
July 13, 2016
A $3.18 million federal grant will pay for 22 laid off Lorain firefighters to return to the job July 14 for two years.
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July 13, 2016
By: Katie Nix, The Chronicle-Telegram
July 13, 2016
LORAIN – Twenty-two firefighters are expected to return to work this week following an announcement from U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur’s office that the Lorain Fire Department received a grant.
“Thank you so much for your efforts and in serving your community,” Kaptur, D – Toledo, said in a videoconference with Mayor Chase Ritenauer and Fire Chief Tom Brown Wednesday morning.

July 13, 2016

By: Stephen Koff, The Plain Dealer

July 13, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congress took the final step Wednesday to approve spending millions of dollars to fight the heroin and opioid epidemic claiming thousands of lives across America.

The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, calling for $181 million a year in new spending for addiction and recovery programs, was steered through Congress with heavy lifting by Ohio Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman. It now goes to President Barack Obama for his signature.


July 12, 2016
By: WKYC
July 12, 2016
LORAIN, OHIO - Lorain Fire Department could be getting good news regarding its future tomorrow morning.
A news release indicated Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur will outline a 'big development' related to the department's recent first-responder layoffs. The city laid off 22 firefighters earlier this month, leaving the department without roughly one third of its workers.