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March 23, 2024

Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development released the following statement after the House and Senate passed the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 to fund Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Financial Services and General Government, State, Foreign Operations, Legislative Branch and Homeland Security.


March 11, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement on the announced retirement of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia L. Fudge which will take place later this month.


March 11, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) Chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs announced that the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) will award $28,497,650 to the Riverfront Infrastructure Vitality and Equity Restoration (RIVER) in East Toledo project for the City of Toledo through a Neighborhood Access and Equity grant award.


March 8, 2024

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development released the following statement after the House and Senate passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act,


March 7, 2024

Washington, DC — Tonight, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus released the following statement following President Biden’s State of the Union address: 

“The American people elected Joe Biden as President because they knew he would invest in communities across our country. Over the last three years he has done just that.


In the News

March 24, 2016
By: John Funk, The Plain Dealer
March 24, 2016
If the Lake Erie Energy Development Corp., or LEEDCo, succeeds in building a small wind farm 7 to 10 miles offshore in the lake, it will need an on-shore substation to push its power into the local high-voltage grid.
That location is the old Cleveland Municipal power plant on Lake Road, which today still serves as a substation for Cleveland Public Power, connecting the city system to the regional high-voltage grid.

March 22, 2016
By: CSPAN
March 22, 2016
"Ms. Kaptur: I thank the speaker so very much for yielding this time to us.

March 21, 2016
By: Tom Henry, Toledo Blade
March 21, 2016
To the dismay of area birders, the Ohio National Guard is restarting its controversial plan for erecting a taxpayer-funded, commercial-scale wind turbine at Camp Perry at a cost of $1.5 million.
Kimberly Kaufman, Black Swamp Bird Observatory executive director, told The Blade she learned about the decision during a recent meeting with Camp Perry leadership.

March 14, 2016
By: Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes
March 14, 2016
As they picketed in downtown Detroit Friday over cuts to their pensions, some retired Teamsters were quick to point out that they were not the worst off. “I've still got my health and a part-time job that keeps me busy,” said Jim Carothers.
Carothers is facing a 60 percent cut to the pension he earned over 34 years as a carhauler, driving finished autos from the assembly line to dealerships.

March 11, 2016
By: Patrick Armstead, The Hill
March 11, 2016
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has had a busy time of late. In the aftermath of the $10.3 billion purchase of industrial gas giant Airgas by French competitor Air Liquide (a deal announced last November), Teamsters-backed Airgas employees are taking a running dispute over workers’ rights to unionize straight to the new parent company.