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June 21, 2024

Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced a $19,108,645 award to construct close to one mile of the Glass City Riverwalk’s five-mile-long multi-use trail. The grant comes from the US Department of Transportation’s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Program, which helps communities across the country carry out transportation projects with significant local or regional impact. RAISE Grant funding was expanded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law also known as the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act which became law in November 2021.


June 20, 2024

Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, announced that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded substantial rebates to two school districts in Northwest Ohio as part of the 2023 Clean School Bus Program. Funded by the Biden Administration’s Investing in America agenda, this initiative will accelerate the transition to zero-emission vehicles, replacing older school buses linked to asthma and other health conditions.

Issues: Energy

June 14, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Chair and Co-Founder of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, Congressman Michael McCaul (TX-10), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Senator Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, the co-authors of the Rebuilding Economic Prosperity and Opportunity for Ukrainians (REPO) Act, issued the following statement advocating for the full seizure and transfer to Ukraine of all frozen Russian sovereign assets in the United States and other G7 countries. Their statement comes in respo


June 12, 2024

Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20),  and Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin (MI-07) introduced the Weatherization Enhancement and Readiness Act, legislation that invests in home weatherization efforts to save low-income families hundreds of dollars on their energy bills while making homes safer, healthier, and more energy efficient.

Issues: Energy

June 11, 2024

Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement reaffirming her support for a Two-State Solution for the Israeli and Palestinian people, and applauding the United Nations Security Council vote to support the US diplomatic peace plan for Israel and Gaza.


In the News

February 4, 2016
By: Tom Jackson, Sandusky Register
February 4, 2016
The Erie County Health Department is seeking $240,000 to open up a water laboratory in Sandusky to provide fast testing for water samples taken in Lake Erie and other local water sources.
It makes sense to be able to carry out rapid testing during a harmful algal bloom or when it's suspected that bacteria from sewer overflows is threatening local water, rather than having to wait for results to come back, said Pete Schade, Erie County

February 4, 2016
By: Tom Troy, Toledo Blade
February 4, 2016
U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R., Ohio), known for his ardent support of international trade agreements, said today he does not support the Trans-Pacific Partnership as proposed by President Obama.
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman appeared Wednesday in New Zealand for a signing ceremony for the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Democrats in Ohio accused Mr.

February 3, 2016
By: Jim Mackinnon, Akron Beacon Journal
February 3, 2016
There was genuine anger, frustration, protest and even revolution in the air Wednesday.
But this wasn’t a wide-eyed college student protest.

February 3, 2016
By: WKYC Staff
February 3, 2016
According to a statement released, the US Army Corps of Engineers "continued its campaign to dump potentially harmful sediment into Lake Erie today when it rejected the Port of Cleveland's request to modify federal policy to prevent the practice," the Port's spokesperson Strategy Design Partners stated.
Strategy Design has worked with the Port of Cleveland for the past several years in many capacities, including; communications positioning, social media

February 2, 2016
By: Marcy Kaptur and other Members, Asian American Press
February 2, 2016
U.S. Reps.