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May 21, 2024

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Chair and Co-Founder of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, and Congressman Michael McCaul (TX-10), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, along with Senators Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse, Chair of the Senate Budget Committee (D-RI) sent President Biden a letter urging the administration to implement the REPO Act ahead of the G7 finance ministers’ meeting this week.


May 16, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s announcement of several actions intended to strengthen domestic solar manufacturing and protect manufacturers and workers from China’s unfair trade practices. Congresswoman Kaptur has tirelessly pushed for federal support to re-shore domestic solar manufacturing supply chains, including robust enforcement of trade policies to combat China’s economic warfare against domestic solar manufacturers.


May 15, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) applauded a significant victory for consumer rights as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announces the distribution of $384 Million to over 191,000 consumers nationwide wronged by the deceptive practices of Texas-based online lender, Think Finance. This compensation includes more than $61.9 Million designated for 26,136 Ohioans, sourced from the CFPB’s victims relief fund — a potent tool in rectifying the financial damages inflicted by unlawful corporate behaviors.


May 14, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water released the following statement following the Announcement that the Biden Administration will take action to protect American workers and businesses from China’s unfair trade practices. Kaptur, has strenuously urged the Administration to aggressively punish child and low wage labor nations and stop the illegal dumping of goods in the US especially in steel, autos, and solar production.


May 6, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) a senior member of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee released the following statement following news that Israel and Hamas are nearing an agreement on a truce that would end the ongoing war in Gaza, and facilitate the release of the 128 hostages remaining in captivity in Gaza:


In the News

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.
For U.S. Rep.

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.