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Co-Chairs Kaptur, Fitzpatrick, Quigley, Wilson Reestablish Congressional Ukraine Caucus for 119th Congress

January 14, 2025

Washington, DC – Today, Co-Chair and Co-Founder of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), and Co-Chairs Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL-05), and Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC-02) announced that they will reestablish the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus for the 119th Congress.

Issues: Trade

Kaptur, Dingell, and Huizenga Join Joyce In Introducing Legislation to Reauthorize Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Relaunch Great Lakes Task Force

January 9, 2025

Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and her colleagues on the bipartisan Great Lakes Task Force introduced the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Act of 2025. This bipartisan bill will reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which is set to expire at the end of FY 2026, for another five years through FY 2031. The bill increases the FY 2026 authorization level from $475 Million to $500 Million starting in FY 2027.

Issues: Trade Jobs and the Economy

Kaptur Celebrates $1.1 Million Reconnecting Communities Award For Swan Creek and Junction Neighborhood

January 7, 2025

Press Release

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) celebrated the announcement of $1,107,700 from the Department of Transportation for the Swan Creek Greenway Planning project. This new federal funding will support planning, design, and community engagement activities for a multi-use trail along Swan Creek in Toledo to reconnect the Junction neighborhood to Downtown Toledo. The construction of Interstate 75 in the 1960’s displaced Junction residents and cut off the neighborhood from Downtown.

Issues: Jobs and the Economy

Kaptur Announces $14 Million Award For Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure For NW Ohio

January 7, 2025

Press Release

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, announced a major award of $14,078,572 to the Lucas County Transportation Improvement District from the Federal Highway Administration’s Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program.

Issues: Jobs and the Economy Energy

Kaptur Sponsored Social Security Fairness Act Signed into Law

January 5, 2025

Press Release

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), joined President Biden at the White House for the signing of the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 into law. This bipartisan legislation which the Congresswoman cosponsored and helped pass into law eliminates the harmful Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pensions Offset (GPO). The WEP and GPO reduce or eliminate the earned Social Security benefits of public servants, including police officers, mail carriers, firefighters, and educators.

Issues: Jobs and the Economy

In the News

Cleveland Offshore Wind Farm Project Awarded $40 Million DOE Grant

June 28, 2016

In The News

By: Josh Marks, In Habitat

June 28, 2016

Could the Rust Belt turn into the Wind Belt? The Great Lakes represent 20 percent of the United States’ total offshore wind energy capacity, but not a single wind turbine has yet to be seen. That could start to change soon thanks to a $40 million grant from the Department of Energy for North America’s first offshore freshwater wind farm, located on Lake Erie about eight to 10 miles northwest of downtown Cleveland, Ohio.

GAO Agrees to Probe Central States Pension Fund Investments

June 28, 2016

In The News

By: David B.

Rocky River Mayor Optimistic About Quiet Zone Discussion

June 27, 2016

In The News

By: John Benson, The Plain Dealer

June 27, 2016

Roughly half a dozen times a day Rocky River residents living near the Norfolk & Southern Railroad line have to deal with loud horns.

The biggest problem continues to be early morning trains blaring horns near railroad crossings (Elmwood Road, Wagar Road, Morewood Parkway and Linda Street) and underpasses (Smith Court and Blount Street).

"Last August, I convened a meeting with the two congressional offices of J

Should the Post Office Offer Banking to Survive?

June 26, 2016

In The News

By: Olivera Perkins, The Plain Dealer

June 26,2016

A national coalition pushing for post offices to also provide banking services, as a way of keeping the U. S. Postal Service afloat, will hold a public meeting Tuesday in Cleveland.

A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service, a coalition of more than 130 civil rights, environmental, faith-based and labor organizations, will hold a "field hearing" 6 p.m. Tuesday at East Mt.

House Democrats End Sit-In Over Gun Control Vote, Vow to Keep Fighting After Recess

June 24, 2016

In The News

By: Jessica Wehrman and Lilly Maier, The Dispatch

June 24, 2016

While House Democrats ended their sit-in aimed at forcing votes on gun control issues Thursday afternoon, they vow that they will continue pressing the issue after they return.

Meanwhile, the Senate still faces pressure on the gun issue — particularly after a last-minute “test” vote Thursday on a measure that would ban those on the no-fly list from buying guns.

Sen.