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Ranking Member Kaptur Remarks at Fiscal Year 2026 Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation Budget Hearing
May 21, 2025
Press Release

Full Hearing Recording Available Here

Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the subcommittee’s fiscal year 2026 budget hearing for the Army Corps of Engineers (Civil Works) and the Bureau of Reclamation:

Issues: Jobs and the Economy Energy
Kaptur, Khanna, Luna, And Biggs Introduce Bill To Codify Trump's Executive Order To Lower Prescription Drug Costs
May 20, 2025
Press Release

Washington, DC — Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ro Khanna (CA-17), Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13), and Andy Biggs (AZ-05) introduced the bipartisan Global Fairness in Drug Pricing Act to codify the core provisions of President Trump’s Executive Order into law — ensuring lasting, enforceable reform that permanently delivers lower prices to Americans. 

Issues: Trade Health Care
Kaptur, Murray Call for Energy Department to Reverse New, Expanded Caps on Indirect Research Costs
Kaptur Statement Following Budget Committee Hearing Held In Dark Of Night
May 18, 2025
Press Release

Washington, DC – Tonight, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after House Republicans reconvened a Budget Committee hearing at 10 pm on Sunday evening. While most Americans are preparing for the work week and not tuned in, The GOP has failed to advance its legislation to kick 13.7 million Americans off their health care, and make middle-class families suffer in order to fund Trillions in tax giveaways to Millionaires, Billionaires, and wealthy corporate donors.

Issues: Trade Jobs and the Economy Health Care Energy
Kaptur, DeLauro Condemn Trump’s Politicization of Critical Army Corps Construction
May 16, 2025
Press Release

Washington, DC — This week, the Trump Administration released its Army Corps work plans that show President Trump is politicizing critical infrastructure investments.

Issues: Trade Jobs and the Economy Energy

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Rep. Schakowsky, Sens. Brown, McCain Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Lower Costs of Life-Savings Drugs
June 23, 2016
In The News
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.
Pay Raise on Track, But White House Seeks to Derail IRS Budget Cuts
June 23, 2016
In The News
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.
Democrats Ask for Investigation Into Risky Investments By Union Pension Fund Managers
June 23, 2016
In The News
By: Jeff St.
Gun Bill Gets New Life in U.S. Congress - - Or Maybe Not
June 23, 2016
In The News
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.
Sit In Ends But House Democrats Pledge the Fight is Far From Over
June 23, 2016
In The News
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.