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January 19, 2024

Over 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza have been displaced since Oct. 7 

“The United States must ensure that there is no question that Palestinian civilians who wish to remain in the Gaza Strip must be allowed to do so.” 

Text of Letter (PDF) 


January 11, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (IA-02) introduced the bipartisan Opioid Settlement Accountability Act, legislation aimed at ensuring the funds that states receive from opioid settlements are used to fight the epidemic and are focused towards treatment, prevention, education, and enforcement.

Issues: Health Care

January 3, 2024

Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Congressional Labor Caucus Co-Chairs Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-06), Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Steven Horsford (NV-04), and Debbie Dingell (MI-06) led a letter with Chris Deluzio (PA-17), Emilia Sykes (OH-13), Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), and 45 other bipartisan Members of Congress urging the Biden Administration to ensure a comprehensive regulatory review of Nippon Steel’s acquisition of US Steel. 


December 20, 2023

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement announcing Ishan Chopra of Sandusky Middle School as the winner of the Ohio 9th Congressional District’s fifth annual student Congressional App Challenge. Yesterday, December 19, Congresswoman Kaptur hosted winner Ishan Chopra, and other participants in the 2023 OH-09 Congressional App Challenge and their families for an award and recognition ceremony. Additional standout applications came from Nathan Stubleski and Adam Prymas of St.


December 15, 2023

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) a senior member of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee released the following statement following a meeting yesterday, December 14th with Apostolic Nuncio (Ambassador of the Holy See), Cardinal Christophe Pierre. 


In the News

February 24, 2016
By: Tom Jackson, Toledo Blade
February 24, 2016
With Ohio battling to turn around the harmful algal bloom problem in Lake Erie, a group of northern Ohio residents aren't leaving Congressional action to chance.
More than a dozen northern Ohio residents are in Washington, D.C., this week, joining citizens from other Great Lakes states who are talking to federal lawmakers to press for action on Great Lakes water issues.
The local delegation includes La

February 22, 2016
By: Toledo Blade
February 22, 2016
Congressman Marcy Kaptur visits with Caroline Foley, Northwood, as she waits for her husband Walter at the Toledo Veterans Outpatient Clinic, Wednesday, February 17, 2016. Kaptur was there in part greeting veterans and family as part of National Salute to Veterans Week.

February 22, 2016
By: Tom Henry, Toledo Blade
February 22, 2016
Though delayed for at least another two months, Canada’s eventual decision over the fate of a 15-year-old proposal to build a deep underground repository for low and intermediate-level nuclear waste a mile from Lake Huron is being watched on both sides of the border.
Many people believe the decision has broader implications for the U.S.

February 22, 2016
By: Hazel Bradford, Pensions & Investments
February 22, 2016
With three multiemployer pension plans moving to cut benefits, pension advocates are pushing to derail the law that made such steps possible before there are more, while other experts press for new plan designs.
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., the federal agency charged with insuring private-sector pensions, estimates that 1.5 million people are covered by severely underfunded multiemployer plans at risk of becoming i

February 20, 2016
By: Brad Dicken, The Chronicle-Telegram
February 20, 2016
The Lorain County Land Bank will receive $3.3 million from the federal government to demolish homes in blighted areas in Elyria and Lorain.
The money comes from $2 billion being distributed through U.S. Department of Treasury’s Hardest Hit Fund. Ohio will receive nearly $97.6 million under the program, according to a news release from U.S. Rep.