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September 16, 2026

Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, sent a


September 9, 2026

Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, announced that three Northwest Ohio organizations will receive awards totaling $3.75 Million through the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Family Assistance, through its Responsible Fatherhood Program. The Zepf Center, the Ridge Project, Inc., and Pathway, Inc. will each receive $1,250,000 for their programs that encourage fathers in our Northwest Ohio community to take an active role in their children’s lives.


September 3, 2026
Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water and Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Congressional Great Lakes Task Force, released the following statement on the status of the work by the US Army Corps of Engineers to construct the invasive carp barrier at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam in Joliet, Illinois.
"I’m pleased work at Brandon Road can start again. This is great news for the Great Lakes, and I thank the Governors who joined me to press the President this week to get it done.

September 3, 2026

Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), and US Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) wrote Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging him to move quickly in awarding $25 Million the State Department has made available to “support the identification, return, rehabilitation, and reintegration of Ukrainian children forcibly transferred to Russia and Russian-occupied territories.”


August 31, 2026

Toledo, OH – Today, Democratic Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Great Lakes Task Force Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) led 86 of their House colleagues in urging President Trump to change his Administration’s diplomatic approach with Canada and recognize the importance of the US-Canada relationship. The effort follows further fraying in the two country’s relations amid President Trump’s escalating and chaotic use of trade barriers against Canada.


In the News

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.