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Marcy (Marcy) Kaptur (D-09)

US Representative Marcy Kaptur

		Marcy (Marcy) Kaptur (D-09) Web Site - Twitter Capitol: 202.225.4146 FAX: 202.225.7711 District: 419.259.7500
Representative
Room 2314 RHOB- Rayburn House Office Building 50 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20515-3509
One Maritime Plaza Toledo, OH 43604
Residence:Toledo, OH

Committee Assignments

Co-Chair	Congressional Automotive Caucus
RM Member	House Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies
Co-Chair	Congressional Caucus on Poland
FC Member	Future of American Media Caucus
FC Member	Russia Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Wire and Wire Products Caucus
FC Member	Potato Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Quality Care Coalition
FC Member	House Lumber Trade Caucus
Co-Chair	Congressional Full Employment Caucus
Co-Chair	Congressional Ukraine Caucus
Co-Chair	Congressional NASA Caucus
Co-Chair	Congressional Victims of Communism Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Counterterrorism Caucus
Co-Chair	Friends of Belarus Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Propane Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Refinery Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Tennis Caucus
Co-Chair	Hungarian American Caucus
Co-Chair	Great Lakes Task Force (Joint)
Member	House Subcommittee on Defense
FC Member	Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition (NEMW)
FC Member	Congressional Georgia Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Horse Caucus
FC Member	Mitochondrial Disease Caucus
FC Member	House Sugar Caucus
FC Member	Home Health Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Inventions Caucus
FC Member	Midwest High Speed Rail Congressional Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Caucus Against Foreign Corruption and Kleptocracy (CAFCAK)
FC Member	House Trade Working Group [HTWG]
FC Member	Congressional Food Safety Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Aluminum Caucus
FC Member	Northern Border Caucus
FC Member	Out of Iraq Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Friends of Canada
FC Member	Congressional Caucus on Central and Eastern Europe
Member	House Committee on Appropriations
FC Member	Congressional Research and Development Caucus
Member	House Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies
FC Member	Populist Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Pakistan Caucus
FC Member	21st Century Health Care Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Spina Bifida Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Military Mental Health Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Maker Caucus (3D Printing Caucus)
FC Member	Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Philanthropy Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Working Forests Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Italian American Caucus
FC Member	Rock and Roll Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Motorsports Caucus
FC Member	Heartland Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Deaf Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Missing, Exploited and Runaway Children's Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Shipbuilding Caucus
FC Member	Congressional United Kingdom (UK) Caucus
FC Member	International Workers' Rights Caucus
FC Member	Congressional JOBS NOW! Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Caucus (COPD)
FC Member	Rural Health Care Coalition
FC Member	Congressional Coastal Caucus
FC Member	House BioFuels Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Children's Caucus
FC Member	Crime Survivors and Justice Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Manufactured Housing Caucus
Vice Chair	Congressional Labor Caucus
FC Member	Textile Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Task Force on Seniors
FC Member	Vision Caucus
FC Member	Bipartisan Disabilities Caucus (BDC)
FC Member	House Congressional Academic Medicine Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Baby Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Automotive Performance and Motorsports Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Farmer Cooperative Caucus
FC Member	Bipartisan Addiction and Mental Health Task Force
FC Member	Blue Collar Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Caucus (STEM Caucus)
FC Member	Air Force Caucus (House)
FC Member	Climate Solutions Caucus (House)
FC Member	Congressional Children's Health Care Caucus
FC Member	House Manufacturing Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Army Caucus
FC Member	House Baltic Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Steel Caucus
Member	House Committee on Budget
FC Member	Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues
FC Member	USO Caucus
FC Member	Arthritis Caucus
FC Member	Bipartisan Congressional Dyslexia Caucus
FC Member	Congressional French Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus
FC Member	National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Addiction, Treatment and Recovery Caucus (ATR)
FC Member	Congressional Boating Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues (House)
FC Member	House National Service Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Cystic Fibrosis Caucus
FC Member	Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Bicameral High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Ports Opportunity, Renewal, Trade, and Security [P.O.R.T.S.] Caucus
FC Member	House Hunger Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Historic Preservation Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus (CTE)
FC Member	Congressional Heart and Stroke Coalition
FC Member	Congressional Taiwan Caucus
FC Member	Coalition for Autism Research and Education (CARE)
FC Member	Congressional Rare Disease Caucus
FC Member	Bicameral Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease
FC Member	Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease
FC Member	Congressional Wine Caucus
FC Member	Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
FC Member	Congressional Fire Services Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues
FC Member	Congressional Humanities Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Zoo and Aquarium Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth
FC Member	Expand Social Security Caucus (House)
FC Member	House Small Brewers Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Mental Health Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Arts Caucus
FC Member	India Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Animal Protection Caucus
FC Member	Congressional Diabetes Caucus
FC Member	Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC)

Bio

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur enthusiastically represents the working people of Ohio's Ninth Congressional District. She is currently the longest serving woman in the history of Congress and ranks among the most senior Members of the 119th Congress. Congresswoman Kaptur, a native Toledoan, lives in the same modest house where she grew up. She is a Polish-American with humble, working class roots. Her family operated a small grocery store and her mother later served on the original organizing committee of a trade union at the Champion Spark Plug factory in Toledo. After graduating from St. Ursula Academy, she became the first member of her family to attend college, earning a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Wisconsin (1968) and later a master's degree in urban planning from the University of Michigan. After working for 15 years as a city and regional planner, primarily in Toledo and Chicago, she accepted an appointment as a domestic policy advisor to President Jimmy Carter. During his Administration, she helped maneuver 17 housing and neighborhood revitalization bills through Congress. In 1981, while pursuing a doctorate in urban planning and development finance at MIT, she was recruited by the Lucas County Democratic Party to run for Congress against a first-term Republican. Although she was outspent by a 3-to-1 margin, Kaptur parlayed a strong economic message during the 1982 recession to stage a nationally-recognized upset. In Washington, Kaptur fought vigorously to win a seat on the House Appropriations Committee. Today she serves as the first woman to serve as Ranking Member of the influential House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, which she considers an honor given the Ninth District stretches much of the southern Lake Erie coastline. In 1993, Congresswoman Kaptur was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of Toledo in recognition of her "effective representation of the community." St. Ursula Academy named Kaptur Alumna of the Year in 1995. She is recipient of the Taubman College Distinguished Alumna award from the University of Michigan, making her the first woman so recognized and the first graduate of the Urban and Regional Planning Program to be so honored. Kaptur recently received the Director's Award from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University for her commitment to increased understanding and appreciation of the peoples and cultures of Eurasia, Russia and East Europe. She was named the National Mental Health Association's "Legislator of the Year" for her championing mental health and received the 2002 Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Kaptur is also the author of a book, Women in Congress- A Twentieth Century Odyssey, that was published by Congressional Quarterly in 1996. Dedicated to the principle that fiscal responsibility begins in "one's own backyard" Congresswoman Kaptur has consistently returned money to the federal Treasury. She refuses to accept Congressional pay raises and donates them to offset the federal deficit and charitable causes in her home community.

Election / Personal Info

First Elected: 1982 Next Election: 2026
DOB: 6/17/1946
Counties Representing
Cuyahoga
Erie
Lorain
Lucas
Ottawa