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February 22, 2024

Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that Sierra Lobo Inc. of Fremont, Ohio will receive a major award, worth as much as $282.1 Million, from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Sierra Lobo Inc. is headquartered in Fremont, Ohio in Sandusky County, and their research facility is in Milan, Ohio in Erie County. NASA has selected Sierra Lobo Inc. to support spaceflight hardware design, development, testing, and operations at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.


February 21, 2024

Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced more than $210 Million for Ohio drinking water and clean water infrastructure upgrades. The funding is part of the more than $50 Billion investment in water infrastructure upgrades from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law – the largest such investment in American history.


February 20, 2024

Toledo, OH  –  Today, Democratic Co-Chairs of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Congressman Mike Quigley (IL-05), and member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and of the Ukraine Caucus Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) released the following joint statement calling on US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson of Louisiana to bring members of Congress back to Washington to vote on supplemental aid for Ukraine, and our allies around the globe.


February 19, 2024

Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development released the following statement regarding the transfer of the former FirstEnergy/


February 16, 2024

Toledo, OH  –  Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Congressional Advocate for Alexei Navalny's wrongful detention case under the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission’s Defending Freedoms Project, released the following statement following Alexei Navalny’s reported death at the hands of Vladimir Putin's Russian state:


In the News

March 7, 2016
By: Jane Schmucker, Toledo Blade
March 7, 2016
Amid the collages and cast glass, the painted silks and photography, the embroidery and origami, was an exuberant Donna Hensley, her eyes darting again and again toward the entry way of the Ninth Congressional District’s Invitational Art Exhibition as she waited for her students to arrive.
Of six entries from Perkins High School in Sandusky, four had won awards and one was the overall winner, chosen from 78 pieces to hang in the U.S.

March 6, 2016
By: La Prensa
March 6, 2016
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur announced today that Josh Trout, a student at Perkins High School, is the Ohio 9th Congressional District overall winner of the 2016 Congressional Arts Competition, “An Artistic Discovery.” Representative Kaptur made the announcement at an awards ceremony Sunday afternoon.
A six-member panel of judges recognized Josh for his original work titled “Still Life,” which will hang in the U.S. Capitol for the coming year.

March 4, 2016
By: The Beacon
March 4, 2016
Great Lakes advocates from around the country gathered on Capitol Hill for Great Lakes Day, sponsored by the Great Lakes Commission.
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur accompanied a group from the Lake Erie Improvement Association to an event at the Canadian Embassy on Wednesday evening.

March 4, 2016
By: WFMJ
March 4, 2016
Youngstown Thermal announced on Thursday that construction on a $74 million energy project will begin before the end of the year in downtown Youngstown.
Carl Avers, Chief Executive Officer of Youngstown Thermal, said they're in the process of testing soil conditions to find the best spot to start construction.
Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) announced in October that the Department of Energy has awarded $74,995,687 to Energ

March 3, 2016
By: Hannah Hess, E&E
March 3, 2016
Department of Energy Undersecretary for Science Franklin Orr left Capitol Hill yesterday with unusual instructions from the top Democrat on the House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee -- to go brainstorm ways of putting his boss on TV.
Drawing inspiration from Disney's 2003 hit "Finding Nemo," Rep.