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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.


December 13, 2024

Toledo, OH – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced significant federal awards to the University of Toledo Health Science Campus, highlighting the university’s pivotal role in advancing cancer research and improving public health outcomes. The awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), total over $680,000 and will support innovative studies that promise to enhance understanding and treatment of cancer and other health challenges.

Issues: Health Care

December 11, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), a senior member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense voted to pass the National Defense Authorization Act of 2025. The legislation passed by a vote of 281 to 140, and now moves to the United States Senate for consideration.


In the News

June 23, 2016
By: ENews Park Forest
June 23, 2016
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky and U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and John McCain today, introduced legislation to help lower prices of life-saving drugs and save taxpayers billions of dollars over the next 10 years. The Price Relief, Innovation and Competition for Essential Drugs (PRICED) Act would foster competition and provide opportunity for more biologics to enter the marketplace and drive down costs.

June 23, 2016
By: Jory Heckman, Federal News Radio
June 23, 2016
The President’s proposed 1.6 percent pay raise for federal employees remains unscathed in both versions of the fiscal 2017 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill.

June 23, 2016
By: Stephen Koff, The Plain Dealer
June 23, 2016
Another day, another gun debate in the U.S. Capitol. Theoretically, you could say Thursday was a win for the gun-control side.
The Senate moved one step closer to passing legislation that would allow authorities to deny gun purchases to anyone on the federal no-fly list.
Yet gun-control Democrats such as Ohio's Sen. Sherrod Brown are skeptical that legislation will really pass -- or will even see a final vote.

June 23, 2016
By: 13 ABC
June 23, 2016
They were greeted like athletes off the field. Walking off the playing field, 25 hours overtime.
“The time for silence and patience is long gone,” Rep. John Lewis (D-GA-5) said. Lewis launched the sit in Wednesday morning.
That’s when House democrats took over the floor demanding action on gun control.