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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
By: 13abc (and many other news outlets)
June 17, 2016
They’re something every family with children need but many are struggling to afford them.
“The average cost of diapers is about 1,000 dollars a year,” Ohio Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9) said.
By: Nick Penniman, The Hill
June 14, 2016
This is a year of political rebellions. Donald Drumpf and Bernie Sanders are the two biggest examples. And one of the few issues that unites them is driving the other rebellion: a rejection of political fundraising.
Some members have compared the endless need for campaign cash to torture. Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), who wrote in the New York Times a few months ago that he spent 4,200 hours in the last 16 years asking for money, equated dialing for dollars to “waterboarding.”
By: Sam Catherman, BABW News
June 13, 2016
The Great Lakes are under threat from potentially toxic algal blooms, and Midwestern states are stepping up to take action in an effort to control the problem. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Ohio is just the most recent state to take measures to bring the harmful algal blooms back to safe levels ahead of the summer season.
By: Mary-Louise Hoffman, Executive Gov
June 13, 2016
House Appropriations Committee members have cleared a bill that would provide $21.7 billion to fund operations of the Treasury Department, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Small Business Administration and U.S. federal courts for fiscal year 2017.