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December 29, 2024

Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), released the following statement on the passing of former President Jimmy Carter. Congresswoman Kaptur served as a domestic policy advisor to President Carter. During his Administration, she helped maneuver 17 housing and neighborhood revitalization bills through Congress.


December 20, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) a senior Member of the House Appropriations Committee voted to pass the American Relief Act, 2025, to avert a shutdown of the federal government and extend assistance to Ohio farmers, producers, and growers after a season with severe drought conditions and crop loss. The bill passed the House by a vote of 366 to 34, and will now move to the Senate for passage, before heading to the President’s desk to be signed into law.


December 17, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced a $10.5 Million loan through the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) program for the Village of Pioneer in Williams County. This transformative low-interest loan will support the development of a 4.9-megawatt solar field and a new electrical substation, positioning Pioneer as a regional leader in clean energy innovation. The total project cost is $20 Million.


December 17, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, Vice Chairs of the Congressional Labor Caucus Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), and Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) together with the Co-Chairs of the Labor Caucus Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-02), Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12), and Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) led a letter to President Biden calling for him to block the sale of American owned US Steel to a foreign buyer, Japanese owned Nippon Steel.


December 16, 2024

Toledo, Ohio – On Friday, December 16 Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), hosted a reception at the National Museum of the Great Lakes to honor winners and other outstanding submission for the 9th District Congressional App Challenge.  Twenty applications from five schools in Ohio’s 9th Congressional District competed this year including students from: Bryan Middle School, Sandusky High School, The Bounty Collegium, Sylvania Northview High School and Sylvania Southview High School. Erie, Lucas and Williams Counties were each represented.


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.