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January 29, 2025

Toledo, OH – Tonight, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09) released the following statement, on the news of an air crash over Northern Virginia:

My thoughts and prayers are with the families of those military service members, and air passengers lost in a tragic air crash over Virginia tonight. Search and rescue operations are underway but it is too soon to know the cause. I will work to gain answers in the days ahead."

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January 24, 2025
Toledo, OH – On Friday January 17, 2025 Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) a senior member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense held a reception to honor and announce her 2025 nominees from Ohio's 9th Congressional District to the United States Service Academies: the US Military Academy in West Point, NY; the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD; the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO; and the US Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY.

January 17, 2025
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement upon news that a hostage release and ceasefire agreement had been agreed to between Israel and Hamas.
 “On January 15th, negotiators for Hamas and Israel reached a ceasefire agreement to bring peace to Gaza for the first time since 2023. Today Israel voted to officially proceed with the agreement which begins with a 6-week ceasefire to take effect on Sunday, January 19th.

January 17, 2025
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced a $2 Million Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Site-Based award from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) for the City of Toledo. This funding opportunity through the Department of Justice supports comprehensive, evidence-based efforts at reducing gun violence through partnership with community, local government, hospitals, victim service providers, law enforcement.

January 14, 2025

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced a $4 Million PRO Housing award from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the City of Toledo. Toledo was selected as one of 18 recipients nationwide that will receive part of a total $100 Million in an effort to help communities boost housing supply and lower housing costs.


In the News

June 30, 2016
By: Jessica Denton, Port Clinton News Herald
June 30, 2016
The east jetty many residents and visitors use to fish, walk and take sunset pictures from will be closed this summer — but for good reason: $300,000 in renovations.
The U.S.

June 30, 2016
By: Rick Nagin, People’s World
June 30, 2016
Opposing a right-wing, big business privatization drive, nearly 100 union and community activists took part in a field hearing here, June 28, to save the publicly-run United States Postal Service.
"This importance of this service," Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur told the crowd gathered at East Mount Zion Baptist Church, "is the reason the Founding Fathers placed it in Article One of the U.S.

June 30, 2016
By La Prensa
June 30, 2016
Toledo - Cleveland, Ohio (District 9-OH): US Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur is hosting an US-American flag photo contest on her congressional Facebook page, at www.facebook.com/RepresentativeMarcyKaptur/, with three winners set to receive a US-American flag flown over the United States Capitol.
The person who receives the most ‘likes’ from the combination of the Facebook photo submission, and th

June 29, 2016
By: Tom Jackson, Sandusky Register
June 29, 2016
Local retired Teamsters met with U.S. Rep.

June 29, 2016
By: IdeaStream
June 29, 2016
A group of federal, state, and local government officials, postal workers, academics, and community leaders called for a re-institution of postal banking Tuesday evening. The event was organized by the group a Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service.
Supporters of using the post office to provide banking services included Ohio Democratic Congressperson Marcy Kaptur.