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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.


February 25, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), Congressman Bill Keating (MA-09), Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), and Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) have led the introduction of a House resolution recognizing 250 years of enduring friendship between the American and Polish peoples and reaffirming the vital interest of the United States in Poland’s democracy, sovereignty, prosperity, and security. Congresswoman Kaptur represents one of the largest Polish-American communities in the nation.


February 24, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s State of the Union Address:


February 24, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Congressman Mike Quigley (IL-05), and Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), Co-Chairs of the 100-member bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus, issued the following statement in recognition of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s illegal full-scale invasion of Ukraine, marking twelve years since Russia launched its war to dominate the Ukrainian people, erase their unique identity, and extinguish their democracy.


In the News

January 17, 2017

"Uncle Martin," as Donzaleigh Abernathy called the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., pushed her to overcome her fear, just like he did the nation's.

Fear doesn't just hold an individual back from being their true self, it drives people apart. Those that don't know each other fear each other.

These were themes Ms. Abernathy tried to convey to a crowd in Toledo Monday on the holiday to remember the slain civil rights leader.

"Now, more than ever, America, we must sit down at the table together," she said.


January 11, 2017

The Constitution clearly states: "No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."


October 10, 2016
“More Jobs, but Not for Everyone” (front page, Sept. 29), about the neglected impacts of trade on the American worker, was compelling and insightful. In places such as Ohio, presidential candidates would be well advised to focus on how to produce American jobs and a better standard of living for workers.

September 22, 2016

Tom Jackson -- Sandusky Register

WASHINGTON — A decade-long effort to bring a new statue to the U.S. Capitol to represent Ohio ended Wednesday when lawmakers unveiled a statue of Thomas Edison at the U.S. Capitol Building Wednesday.

Top members of Congress, including House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi vied with Ohio lawmakers to give the best speeches honoring Edison, inventor of the light bulb, the phonograph record and many other staples of modern life.