Marcy Kaptur

Ohio Congressional District 9

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A lifelong resident of Ohio and the daughter of a Polish-American, working-class family, Marcy’s life and service mirror the bootstrap, hardworking nature of her district. Her family ran a small grocery and her mother also worked at Champion Spark Plug, where she helped organize the workers into an auto trade union.

Today, Marcy is the longest serving woman in the House of Representatives, and is Chair of the House’s Energy and Water Appropriations Committee.

Marcy has dedicated her career in public service to fighting for all Ohioans to have a fair playing field in order to achieve economic and health security. That includes fighting the special interests in Washington to make sure the federal government is working for the American people, not wealthy donors and lobbyists. This is nowhere better illustrated than in her decades-long fight against unfair trade deals such as NAFTA and CAFTA that have hollowed out our middle-class sending good paying Ohio jobs to low wage countries overseas and hollowed out our communities.

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Why Congressional elections matter to educators:

Politicians are making education more and more political. As a union of educators, we need representatives that will advocate for public education and will fight radical and extreme policies that deeply affect students and educators.
Engaging in congressional elections is crucial for educators as the decisions made by lawmakers directly impact education policies, funding, and resources. Elected officials have the power to shape legislation that affects schools, teachers, students, and the overall education system. By staying informed and engaged in the political process, educators can advocate for policies that support their students and profession, ultimately influencing the quality of education provided to future generations.
US Congressional elections will be instrumental in achieving legislative goals for educators and fighting against the onslaught of policy that damages public schools and the needs of educators, including in the areas of healthcare, labor, and gun control.

Congress is essential in accomplishing legislative goals that with ensure public education’s strength and the needs of educators.

Some of these needs include:

Regular updates to all components (base cost and local capacity) of the funding plan and fully funding public schools, including increasing Title I funding, increasing
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) funding, and increasing funding for high-quality career and technical education programs
Ensuring all Ohio school districts are able to fully staff, recruit, and retain their schools with qualified school employees
Ensuring a living wage, preserving, and improving benefits, pensions, and retirement systems for public employees, including educators
Freedom to teach and learn without state censorship laws that inhibit students from receiving an inclusive, culturally responsive, truthful education
Reforming the number and effect of mandated standardized testing
Protecting and strengthening collective bargaining, due process, and continuing contract-tenure rights for public education employees
Opposing vouchers, taxpayer dollars funding private schools, and the privatization of education and educational support services
Holding private schools that accept vouchers to the same academic and financial accountability as public schools
Providing universal health school meals for all students and healthy nutrition standards for school meals and snacks
Federal funding for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
Making college more affordable for everyone
Protecting people from being denied health insurance coverage or being charged more for coverage because of pre-existing medical conditions
Ensuring common-sense gun safety

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