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March 27, 2026
Washington, DC — Tonight, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee urged House Speaker Mike Johnson to bring the bill to fully fund the Transportation Security Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, the United States Coast Guard, and US Cyber Defense before the House for a vote. Calling temporary funding measures a “disservice” to American taxpayers, Kaptur urged the Speaker to bring H.R. 7041, a bill she has co-sponsored to fully fund these agencies to the House Floor, and then allow Congress to continue negotiations to restore confidence in ICE and CBP as the American people have consistently and overwhelmingly demanded.

March 25, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Co-Chairs of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus—Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Mike Quigley (IL-05), and Joe Wilson (SC-02)—along with Ukraine Caucus Member Representative Greg Landsman (OH-01), issued the following statement in response to a new report from the Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab (Yale HRL), which links Russian energy giants Gazprom and Rosneft  to Russia’s illegal and systemic kidnapping, detention, indoctrination, and militarization of Ukrainian children. The report comes amid recent efforts by the Administration to ease oil sanctions on these same Russian entities.

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March 13, 2026
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), and Congressman Mike Quigley (IL-05) who are Co-Chairs and leaders from both sides of the aisle in the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus, issued the following statement regarding the Administration's decision to ease oil sanctions on Russia:
"The decision to ease sanctions on Russia and allow Russian oil back onto the global market raises serious questions and threatens to weaken the international pressure campaign against Vladimir Putin’s war machine.
“Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, we—as leaders of the Bipartisan Ukraine Caucus—have

March 12, 2026
Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water released the following statement on the Trump Administration's release of 172 Million barrels of Oil from the United States Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
“The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is a cornerstone of our national security — a shield I have fought to protect for decades against those who would treat it like a political piggy bank or an obsolete relic.

February 28, 2026
Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), a senior member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense released the following statement following strikes conducted on Iran without Congressional authorization:

"The Trump-Vance Administration has singularly launched a regime change war on Iran and deployed US military forces and assets by fiat without Congressional authorization.

"No authorization for the use of military force in Iran was passed by either chamber of Congress, and as a cosponsor of the Iran War Powers Resolution I call on the Speaker of the House to immediately call Congress back into session.


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March 20, 2018

Marcy Kaptur has worked at the same job for a long time. U.S. Rep. Marcia Carolyn "Marcy" Kaptur, 71, has become the longest-serving woman ever in the U.S. House. She took office on Jan. 3, 1983, and as of Sunday, when she set the record, she'd been in office for 35 years, two months and 15 days. The previous record holder was Edith Nourse Rogers (1881-1960), a Massachusetts Republican who served from 1925 to 1960.


March 18, 2018

An unflagging enthusiasm for the job and her close identification with her constituents helped U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Ohio) remain in office as long as she has.

Yesterday, Miss Kaptur set a record. She became the longest-serving female member of the House of Representatives — ever.


March 18, 2018

Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) made history Sunday when she became the longest-serving woman in the U.S. House of Representatives.


March 14, 2018

Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) is reflecting on the women who helped shape her career. "She kind of took me under her wing," Kaptur said of her friend, former Rep. Lindy Boggs. Looking back seems like a natural thing to, since Kaptur is being honored for her work representing northern Ohio. "I was drawn to be a daughter for liberty," she said.


October 10, 2017

Lorain County has the largest Puerto Rican community in Ohio. Lorain Councilman Angel Arroyo, on behalf of his constituents, their families and friends, and our fellow Americans went to Puerto Rico to deliver supplies and share stories of those who have been impacted by the devastation of Hurricane Maria.