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February 6, 2026
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) celebrated the Wayman D. Palmer YMCA being honored in Washington, DC with the 2025 Audrey Nelson Community Development Achievement Award by the National Community Development Association (NCDA). The award recognizes the Wayman D. Palmer YMCA as a national model for transformative community investment.
“I am thrilled to see the new Wayman D. Palmer YMCA awarded the 2025 Audrey Nelson Community Development Achievement Award from the National Community Development Association,” Congresswoman Kaptur (OH-09) said. “This national recognition elevates the Wayman D.

February 5, 2026

Toledo, OH – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) proudly welcomed and honored the 2026 Principal and Alternate Nominees from Ohio’s 9th Congressional District to the United States Service Academies during a special reception recognizing their commitment to service, leadership, and country. Nominees were selected for nomination to the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY, the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD, the United States Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, CO, the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, NY, and the United States Coast Guard Academy at New London, CT.


February 3, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after voting to pass Senate Amendments to H.R. 7148 – the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 a bipartisan budget agreement to reopen the federal government and fund critical services relied upon by families across Northwest Ohio. The legislation includes five full-year appropriations bills to keep the majority of the federal government operating, along with a two-week extension of funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).


January 23, 2026

Washington, DC – On Thursday, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) voted to pass H.R.7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, the final funding legislation funding for FY2026 which will now head to the Senate for final approval. The legislation passed the House by a bipartisan vote of 341-88, and now moves to the Senate for final consideration. This legislative package includes funding for the Departments of Transportation, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Defense. 


January 22, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) voted to reject H.R. 7147, Appropriations legislation extending authorized spending levels for the Department of Homeland Security, citing reports of enforcement action violating law and order protocols based in basic Constitutional principles, and a serious lack of transparency around enforcement operating procedures.


In the News

January 31, 2017

Last week, President Trump canceled U.S. participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade organization made up of 12 nations, including Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam… Yet when NAFTA was passed, despite warnings from Ross Perot, Ralph Nader, and Marcy Kaptur.


January 30, 2017

The Trump administration's executive order banning immigrants and refugees from seven majority-Muslim nations may affect college students in northwest Ohio… U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) condemned the order and invited president Trump to meet with refugees who have moved to Ohio.


January 27, 2017

"The Democratic representative for Ohio's 9th congressional district is honoured as one of Hungary's greatest friends," Ambassador to Washington Reka Szemerkenyi, said at the ceremony in the US capital on Tuesday evening.


January 25, 2017

Katherine Ozer, a longtime advocate for small farmers, farmworkers and sustainable agriculture, who helped lead the push for federal legislation to ease credit for financially strapped farmers, died Jan. 22 at a hospital in Philadelphia. She was 58… "She pushed some of the most difficult challenges facing rural America," Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) said in an interview.


January 25, 2017

The march began at Public Square in downtown Cleveland, traveled to City Hall, and looped back to Public Square. Ohio leaders, including U.S. Reps. Marcia Fudge, D-Warrensville Heights, and Marcy Kaptur, D-Toledo, spoke before and after the march.