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March 17, 2025

Toledo, OH – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) recognized the artistic talent of high school students across Northwest Ohio at the 42nd Annual Ninth Congressional District Invitational High School Art Exhibition on display at the Toledo Museum of Art’s Robert C. and Susan Savage Community Gallery. This local exhibition was the culmination of the 9th Congressional District Art Competition. The annual Congressional Art Competition celebrates the artistic achievements of the nation’s high school students.


March 14, 2025

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement upon Senate passage of H.R. 1968, the Continuing Appropriations Act. This legislation will fund government operations through September 30, 2025, while making deep cuts to critical programs and projects that are important to people across Northwest Ohio.


March 13, 2025

Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement on the passing of Congressman Raul Grijalva (AZ-07):

"It is with heavy heart, that I extend deepest sympathy to the treasured family, staff, and constituents of Congressman Raul Grijalva. Representative Grijalva was like no other — an exceptional, unforgettable human being shaped by hard scrabble economic struggle long before he ever was elected to Congress.


March 12, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) joined Congressman Max Miller (OH-07), Senator Jon Husted (R-OH), and other members of the Ohio Congressional Delegation in sending a letter to Vice President JD Vance and NASA Administrator Designate Jared Isaacman, highlighting a significant opportunity to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, and fiscal responsibility of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) by relocating NASA Headquarters from Washington, DC to Northern Ohio. 


March 11, 2025

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), and Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06), Dave Joyce (R-OH-14) and Bill Huizenga (R-MI-04) the Co-Chairs of the bipartisan House Great Lakes Task Force released the following statement regarding the State of Illinois delaying work and development at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam for invasive carp prevention, thereby jeopardizing the health and economy of the Great Lakes.


In the News

July 12, 2016
By: Suzanne Stratford, Fox 8
July 12, 2016
LORAIN, Ohio - More 75 firefighters and citizens supporting the Lorain Fire Department gathered at Veterans Park in downtown Lorain Tuesday and then marched over to city hall, upset over layoffs that they say are putting both the community and firefighters at risk.
All but one fire station was closed and 22 firefighters were laid off July 1st to help the city manage a more than a three-million-dollar budget deficit.

July 11, 2016
By: Tim Casey, Cardiovascular Business
July 11, 2016
Senator Bernie Sanders and seven Democrats from the House of Representatives sent a letter on July 7 to FDA commissioner Robert M. Califf, MD, asking the agency to approve all generic versions of rosuvastatin calcium (Crestor).
AstraZeneca, which markets rosuvastatin calcium, is expected to lose patent protection on the blockbuster cholesterol lowering medication this month.

July 9, 2016
By: 13ABC
July 9, 2016
"...it will go directly towards research on the disease and studying it's cause. the funding is scheduled for five years at just under 400 thousand dollars per year. Kaptur said lyme disease affects 300 thousand americans each year..."

July 8, 2016
By: Tom Henry, Toledo Blade
July 8, 2016
GIBRALTAR ISLAND, Ohio — Although near-drought conditions since May 1 will likely suppress western Lake Erie algae this summer, scientists said the probable one-year reprieve simply underscores how strongly the region’s chronic algae problem is associated with agricultural runoff.
They said it reinforces why the government and the agricultural industry must continue to move forward with programs aimed at reducing runoff from the western Lake Eri

July 8, 2016
By: Bill McAllister, Linns.com
July 8, 2016
Slower mail has survived a challenge from members of the House Appropriations Committee.
Thanks to a maneuver by Rep.