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October 4, 2023

Defiance, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced a $10,792,157 award for major rail upgrades for Napoleon, Defiance, & Western Railway (NDW) in partnership with Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC) though funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure law, also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. This project involves development, final design, and construction activities for various track improvements, upgrades to multiple grade crossings, and bridge rehabilitation work — part of a multi-phase effort to improve the NDW.


October 2, 2023

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the House Rules Committee in opposition to the fiscal year 2024 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies bill:

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October 2, 2023

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the House Rules Committee in opposition to the fiscal year 2024 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies bill:

– As Prepared for Delivery –


September 30, 2023

Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, and Dean of the Ohio Congressional Delegation released the following statement following her vote to pass H.R. 5860, the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2024 to fund government operations through 2024.


September 28, 2023

Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced a $1,000,000 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics Mental Health & Substance Abuse Service Grant award from the Center for Mental Health Services and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the improvement and advancement of the Zepf Center. The Zepf Center has been a behavioral healthcare resource in Toledo for almost 50 years since its founding in 1974. With a rich history of helping those in need, Zepf is dedicated to treating patients with respect and providing hope.

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January 12, 2016
By: Katie Nix, The Chronicle-Telegram
January 12, 2016
Local elected officials took shots Monday at Republic Steel’s decision last week to idle its facility in Lorain indefinitely.
“Republic’s news of its temporary idling due to energy market conditions and steel dumping is yet another recent example of how what we do in Lorain is tied to international economics and policy that are outside of our control,” Mayor Chase Ritenauer said in a statement.

January 11, 2016
By: Lisa Aurand Rice and Christina Dierkes, Ohio Sea Grant Communications
January 11, 2016
Marine debris is a problem that’s easy for most people to ignore on a daily basis – but it’s not something you can ignore when it’s tangled in your trawl net, inside the stomach of the fish you catch or under your microscope in the lab.
To help address the problem in the Great Lakes, staff from NOAA’s Marine Debris Program have partnered with Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Lab on a variety of education

January 11, 2016
By: Melissa Nann Burke, The Detroit News
January 11, 2016
A bipartisan delegation of House and Senate members toured the Detroit auto show Monday morning, marveling at the enthusiasm for the industry’s future, compared with five or six years ago.
“If you were here in 2008, you could have shot a cannon through this place and not hit a soul,” said U.S. Rep.

January 6, 2016
By: Tom Jackson, Sandusky Register
January 6, 2016
College student debt is rising in this country. Meanwhile, home ownership is dropping, and there are millions of vacant homes across the country.
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January 5, 2016
By: James Hoffa, Detroit News
January 5, 2016
Opposition is growing in Michigan and across the Midwest against a devastating pension cut proposal put forward by the Central States Pension Fund that would slash benefits by as much as 65 percent.