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February 25, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), Congressman Bill Keating (MA-09), Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), and Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) have led the introduction of a House resolution recognizing 250 years of enduring friendship between the American and Polish peoples and reaffirming the vital interest of the United States in Poland’s democracy, sovereignty, prosperity, and security. Congresswoman Kaptur represents one of the largest Polish-American communities in the nation.


February 24, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s State of the Union Address:


February 24, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Congressman Mike Quigley (IL-05), and Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), Co-Chairs of the 100-member bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus, issued the following statement in recognition of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s illegal full-scale invasion of Ukraine, marking twelve years since Russia launched its war to dominate the Ukrainian people, erase their unique identity, and extinguish their democracy.


February 23, 2026

Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced she will host the first female Eagle Scout in Northwest Ohio history, Kara Bolinger and Bryan Mayor Carrie M. Schlade as her guests for the Presidential State of the Union Address taking place on Tuesday, February 24th, 2026.


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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.