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September 29, 2026
Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Congressman Mike Quigley (IL-05), and Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), Co-Chairs of the 104-member bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus, issued the following statement in response to reports that the Trump Administration is considering easing sanctions on Russia in exchange for the release of political prisoners:
 

"Two weeks ago, Congress passed the most significant Russia sanctions legislation since 2017. As long as Russia’s full-scale invasion to conquer Ukraine and threaten our European allies continues, the United States must tak


September 29, 2026

Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that two Northwest Ohio Head Start programs will receive a total of $233,955 in awards to support their efforts in preparing young children and families for school.


September 28, 2026

Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-05), Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06), Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-04), Congresswoman Haley Stevens (MI-11), Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14), Congresswoman Hillary Scholten (MI-03), and Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) introduced H.R.


September 25, 2026
Sandusky, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that the Erie County Department of Health has been awarded an $800,000 grant award through the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.

September 25, 2026

Defiance, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that the Northwestern Ohio Community Action Commission will receive a $5,131,429 award for renovations of its Defiance Head Start building. The award is funded through the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families.


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.