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Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and The Institute of Museum and Library Services announced that the Toledo Lucas County Public Library (TLCPL) headquartered in Toledo, Ohio and operating throughout NW Ohio has been named as one of four library winners of the 2023 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation’s highest honor given to museums and libraries that make significant and exceptional contributions to their communities.

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $42 million in funding for 22 projects in 14 states, including $1.25 million for the University of Toledo, to advance critical technologies for producing, storing, and deploying clean hydrogen.

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Congresswoman Stephanie Bice (OK-05) introduced the Law Enforcement Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act of 2023. The bipartisan bill would provide grants to law enforcement departments at the state, local, territorial, and tribal level to obtain vital behavioral health crisis response training to resolve behavioral health crisis situations more safely and effectively. Funding for this training would be authorized under the Byrne JAG program funding.

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development released the following statement following a decision by the Biden Administration and Treasury Department to allow Chinese made solar subcomponents to be used in solar technology billed as American made.

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) joined Representatives Mike Kelly (PA-16), and Brian Higgins (NY-26), and Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Mike Crapo (R-ID), to introduce legislation in the House and Senate designating U.S. Route 20 between Newport, Oregon and Boston, Massachusetts as the “National Medal of Honor Highway.” This stretch of U.S. Route 20 passes through Northern Ohio and towns and cities in Ohio’s 9th Congressional District including Pioneer, Fayette, Toledo, Maumee, Perrysburg, Woodville, Fremont, and Clyde. In all, U.S.