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September 26, 2025

Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that the University of Toledo has been recognized with a new federal research award totaling $387,549 from the National Institute on Aging, part of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This funding will support cutting-edge research into the potential effects of L-Rha and L-Rha derivatives on neurodegenerative processes associated with Alzheimer’s disease.


September 25, 2025
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Chair of the House Great Lakes Task Force, traveled to Ottawa, Canada today alongside Republican Co-Chair of the House Great Lakes Task Force Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-04) to lead a bipartisan dialogue as part of the US-Canada Interparliamentary Group, a binational forum focused on strengthening cross-border cooperation.
Canada is Ohio’s largest trading partner, and together our economies form what many economists call ‘The Great Lakes Nation.’ It is the third-largest economy in th

September 14, 2025
Toledo, Ohio — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement upon the passing of Congresswoman Mary Rose Oakar (OH-20) who was the first Democratic woman elected to Congress from Ohio, serving 8 terms from 1977 to 1993.
 
“We were all blessed to know Mary Rose Oakar — a highly gifted, indefatigable extraordinary woman of deep faith. Mary Rose was elected to Congress from inside the working class of people.

September 12, 2025

Toledo, Ohio — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee released the following statement on the state of our nation as the government funding deadline looms at the end of September, amidst news of continued gun violence across America, and commemorations of the 24th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11. 


September 11, 2025

Washington, DC — Today, the House of Representatives voted to participate in the Conference Committee between the House and Senate to finalize the fiscal year 2026 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies; and Legislative Branch funding bills.


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April 28, 2017

President Donald Trump's campaign rhetoric on trade hit like a cannonball across our Great Lakes heartland. From steel to solar panels, workers have been devastated by bad trade deals. Unfair market practices from China, Korea, and other nations that rig the global marketplace in their favor. The middle class and working families throughout Ohio took a chance on Donald Trump. So now, where is America on trade 100 days into Trump's Presidency?


April 26, 2017

As rumors swirl about its demise, a coalition of lawmakers is imploring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to preserve its Midwest regional office in Chicago. In a bipartisan letter released on Tuesday, lawmakers asked EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to commit to keeping open the office they say is critical to protecting the health of the Great Lakes.


April 6, 2017

A day after White House economic adviser Gary Cohn said he would support efforts to separate Wall Street's investment banking operations from consumer lending, a group of lawmakers proposed legislation that would do just that.


April 4, 2017

It's time for the Trump Administration to make good on campaign promises to Ohio's manufacturing workers.

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio), Sen. Rob Portman (R., Ohio), and Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) have invited President Trump's commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, to Lorain to see how unfair trade has damaged the region's steel industry.


March 28, 2017

This week The Rough Draft Diaries chats with Democratic Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur. Marcy is the U.S. Representative for Ohio's 9th congressional district, stretching from Toledo to Cleveland, who has served since 1983. This episode covers Marcy's journey from her hometown of Toledo to Washington D.C and the lessons she has learned along the way.