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March 27, 2026
Washington, DC — Tonight, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee urged House Speaker Mike Johnson to bring the bill to fully fund the Transportation Security Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, the United States Coast Guard, and US Cyber Defense before the House for a vote. Calling temporary funding measures a “disservice” to American taxpayers, Kaptur urged the Speaker to bring H.R. 7041, a bill she has co-sponsored to fully fund these agencies to the House Floor, and then allow Congress to continue negotiations to restore confidence in ICE and CBP as the American people have consistently and overwhelmingly demanded.

March 25, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Co-Chairs of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus—Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Mike Quigley (IL-05), and Joe Wilson (SC-02)—along with Ukraine Caucus Member Representative Greg Landsman (OH-01), issued the following statement in response to a new report from the Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab (Yale HRL), which links Russian energy giants Gazprom and Rosneft  to Russia’s illegal and systemic kidnapping, detention, indoctrination, and militarization of Ukrainian children. The report comes amid recent efforts by the Administration to ease oil sanctions on these same Russian entities.

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March 13, 2026
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), and Congressman Mike Quigley (IL-05) who are Co-Chairs and leaders from both sides of the aisle in the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus, issued the following statement regarding the Administration's decision to ease oil sanctions on Russia:
"The decision to ease sanctions on Russia and allow Russian oil back onto the global market raises serious questions and threatens to weaken the international pressure campaign against Vladimir Putin’s war machine.
“Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, we—as leaders of the Bipartisan Ukraine Caucus—have

March 12, 2026
Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water released the following statement on the Trump Administration's release of 172 Million barrels of Oil from the United States Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
“The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is a cornerstone of our national security — a shield I have fought to protect for decades against those who would treat it like a political piggy bank or an obsolete relic.

February 28, 2026
Toledo, OH — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), a senior member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense released the following statement following strikes conducted on Iran without Congressional authorization:

"The Trump-Vance Administration has singularly launched a regime change war on Iran and deployed US military forces and assets by fiat without Congressional authorization.

"No authorization for the use of military force in Iran was passed by either chamber of Congress, and as a cosponsor of the Iran War Powers Resolution I call on the Speaker of the House to immediately call Congress back into session.


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January 18, 2017

It was the trip of a lifetime. Mark Hamilton and his family traveled from Cleveland to Washington, D.C. to tour the White House… It's one of the many items on the 26-year-old's bucket list, thanks to A Special Wish Foundation, who reached out to State Representative Martin J. Sweeney and U.S Representative Marcy Kaptur who helped arrange the VIP White House tour.


January 18, 2017

A bipartisan group of lawmakers led by two Ohio lawmakers, including Marcy Kaptur, have written to President-elect Donald Trump, asking him to support funding to deal with harmful algal blooms.


January 18, 2017

Two of Northeast Ohio's U.S. representatives are leading a Congressional delegation that has reached out to President-elect Trump seeking support for research into harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Toledo) and Rep. David Joyce (R-Russell Township) penned a letter signed by 47 members of Congress urging the Trump administration to join them in doing "everything possible to learn more about the problem," Kaptur said.


January 18, 2017

There were about 750 people in attendance at the Woodward High School auditorium Wednesday night for the WorkReady Manufacturing informational session…Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur and business leaders spoke to hundreds about their potential to succeed with hard work.