BGOV Profile: Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio)

April 25, 2019, 4:15 PM UTCUpdated: June 15, 2021, 11:39 PM UTC

Marcy Kaptur, the longest-serving woman in the history of the House, is known for her outspoken and sometimes brash criticisms of corporations and Wall Street that reflect her blue-collar Toledo roots.

During her nearly four decades in Congress, Kaptur has made a name for herself as a supporter of organized labor and a foe of international trade agreements, including the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1993. More recently, she opposed the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiated during the Obama administration and the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a rewrite to NAFTA that the Trump administration signed into law.

“I remain deeply concerned that ...

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