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June 4, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, Congressman Gregory Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman Steny Hoyer (MD-05), Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, Congressman Bill Keating (MA-09), Ranking Member of the Europe Subcommittee, Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02), and Congressman Kevin Kiley (CA-03) issued the following statement on the passage of the bipartisan Ukraine Support Act, the first comprehensive legislation to support Ukraine and impose sanctions on Russia to pass


June 3, 2026

Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and a bipartisan coalition forced a vote on the House Floor to end President Trump’s reckless and costly war of choice in Iran. For over 90 days, the Trump Administration has waged an unconstitutional war of choice in Iran without a clear strategy, defined objectives, or Congressional authorization. The war has caused great hardship on Americans who face skyrocketing prices on oil, gas, diesel, fertilizer and everyday goods at home. 


June 1, 2026

Rossford, OH — Today, Congresswoman Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Chair of the bipartisan Congressional Auto Caucus released the following statement following the announcement that OPmobility will construct a new state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in the greater Toledo area in Rossford, Ohio. Start of production at the plant is estimated for the second half of 2027.


May 27, 2026

Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $7,761,502 in federal support for critical health programs and medical research across Ohio’s 9th District. These federal investments are part of a broader effort to enhance health and educational outcomes across Northwest Ohio.

The $7,761,502 in federal awards from HHS include:


In the News

April 23, 2018

US Rep. Marcy Kaptur was honored at Cleveland City Council's meeting for being the longest serving woman in the House of Representatives.


April 18, 2018

Marcy Kaptur is planting Seeds of Hope this spring. The longest-serving woman in the U.S. House of Representatives, with 35 years in Congress, emerged from a March visit to the farm fields near Zhytomyr, a city of 266,000 people that is 140 kilometers southwest of Kyiv, with new zest over the potential of Ukraine's women and its agricultural sector.


March 28, 2018

Longtime Ohio lawmaker recently became the longest-serving woman in the House.


March 26, 2018

Ninth district congressional Representative Marcy Kaptur, who first took office in 1983, is now the longest serving woman in the history of the U.S. House. She broke that record this month, having served more than 12,850 days. And she shows no sign of slowing down.


March 26, 2018

An Ohio congresswoman is now longest-serving woman in the history of the U.S. House. Democrat Marcy Kaptur set the mark for the longest tenure by a woman last week. She's now been in Congress just over 35 years, surpassing Edith Nourse Rogers, a Massachusetts Republican who served from 1925 until her death in 1960.