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May 30, 2024

TOLEDO, OH – On Thursday, May 23, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Dean of the Ohio Congressional Delegation, and Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) introduced the bipartisan East Palestine Health Impact Monitoring Act of 2024 to authorize funding through Fiscal Year 2028 to conduct a study of the long-term health impacts of the 2023 East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment.

Issues: Health Care

May 23, 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 subcommittee on Agriculture applauded the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its announcement of a $300 Million allocation aimed at diversifying export markets for American agriculture.


May 22, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will allocate a total of $9,420,227 in Public Housing Repair funding to the public housing authorities in Erie, Lucas, and Sandusky Counties. This significant investment will support essential capital improvements to ensure safe, modern, and energy-efficient public housing across Northwest Ohio.

Specifically, the following grants have been awarded:


May 21, 2024

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Chair and Co-Founder of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, and Congressman Michael McCaul (TX-10), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, along with Senators Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse, Chair of the Senate Budget Committee (D-RI) sent President Biden a letter urging the administration to implement the REPO Act ahe


May 16, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s announcement of several actions intended to strengthen domestic solar manufacturing and protect manufacturers and workers from China’s unfair trade practices.


In the News

May 6, 2016
By: Mike Koziatek, Belleville News-Democrat
May 6, 2016
The U.S. Treasury Department announced Friday afternoon that it rejected Central States Pension Fund’s request to cut pension benefits for about 277,000 retired Teamsters across the country.
“Praise God, praise God,” Collinsville retiree Sharon Deutsch said upon hearing confirmation of the plan’s rejection. She said she was shaking in the hours leading up to the announcement.

May 6, 2016
By: Tom Jackson, Sandusky Register
May 6, 2016
Federal officials have rejected planned deep cuts in pensions paid to retired Teamsters members in the Central States Pension Fund, leaving undetermined what will be done to make the fund solvent.
The decision by Kenneth R.

May 5, 2016
By Stephen Koff, Cleveland.com
May 5, 2016
WASHINGTON -- Let's say you're an assistant manager of a fast-food joint. You make a $40,000 yearly salary and put in 45 or 50 hours a week.
Say "thank you, President Obama," because you're probably going to get more take-home pay soon, courtesy of Obama's Department of Labor.

May 4, 2016
Jon Stinchcomb, Port Clinton News Herald
May 4, 2016