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July 11, 2024

Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, announced a $32,617,879 EV Conversion Grants program award for American Autoparts and Mobis North America. The Project consists of two phases where American Autoparts will convert its existing ICE complete chassis assembly plant located at the Stellantis Toledo Assembly Complex, into a PHEV and ICE complete chassis assembly plant, retaining 345 UAW union jobs and creating an estim


July 10, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that the University of Toledo has been awarded $999,648 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the "Explorations: Experiential Learning Opportunities in Mechatronics" project. This three-year initiative aims to provide 150 high school students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds with hands-on learning opportunities focused on electric vehicles and advanced manufacturing.


July 9, 2024

**CUTS FACT SHEET** House Republicans Cripple the Clean Energy Economy


June 28, 2024

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur joined 37 Bipartisan Members of the Congressional Steel Caucus, led by Chairman Rick Crawford (AR-01), and Vice Chairman Frank Mrvan (IN-01) 


June 27, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and senior member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture announced a $156,893 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Grant through the Rural Energy For America Program (Reap) for HD Grain Farms of Whitehouse, Ohio. This Rural Development investment will be used to purchase and install energy efficient grain dryer at HD Grain Farms in Whitehouse, Ohio.


In the News

May 11, 2016
By: Sabrina Eaton, The Plain Dealer
May 11, 2016
As opioid overdose deaths ravage the nation, the House of Representatives is set to pass 18 pieces of legislation intended to fight the epidemic.
Among other things, the proposals would make it easier for emergency responders to access overdose reversal drugs like Naloxone, establish a task force to modify how pain medication is prescribed, and reduce the amount of painkillers given to patients by letting them partly fill opioid prescrip

May 8, 2016
By: David Yonke, News Herald
May 8, 2016
The Jet Express on Friday launched its 28th season of ferrying folks back and forth to the Lake Erie islands, with local officials taking turns lauding the ferry line for its contributions to the area's economy.
"This Jet Express isn't only for members of the community here.

May 6, 2016
By: Jon Chavez, Toledo Blade
May 6, 2016
Come Sunday, the old gray goose will have flown the coop permanently.
Bombrys Ornamental Concrete Inc., a Toledo mom-and-pop business that for 60 years made and sold concrete fountains, birdbaths, gargoyles, angels, religious statues, and yes, the ever-popular concrete goose, is going out of business on Saturday.
Its owner, John Bombrys, is retiring and liquidating the business.

May 6, 2016
By: Naomi Jagoda, The Hill
May 6, 2016
The Treasury Department is poised to decide whether to approve a plan for the Central States Pension Fund that would significantly reduce benefits for hundreds of thousands of current and future retirees.
If the cuts are approved, they would be the first benefit reductions the Treasury signed off on under the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act (MPRA) of 2014, which allows pension funds headed toward insolvency to petition the department to cut benef

May 6, 2016
By: Jim MacKinnon, Beacon Journal
May 6, 2016
Retired Teamsters facing imminent massive cuts to their pensions won a significant battle Friday that preserves their monthly retirement checks but still leaves open the huge issue of how to keep their pension plan solvent in years ahead.
The struggling Central States Pension Fund, which sought to cut monthly pensions — some by as much as 69 percent — to hundreds of thousands of Teamsters starting July 1 to remain solvent, had its proposal