On April 10, 2025, Congressman Bob Latta (OH-5) voted to continue the process of budget reconciliation to provide tax cuts to families and businesses, address the national debt, and secure the border, and safeguard our nation. Congressman Latta released the following statement: “I’m pleased to have joined my colleagues in voting to move forward with budget reconciliation. Now that the budget resol... Read More »
Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee has advanced Congressman Bob Latta’s (R-OH5) ROUTERS Act and the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) Reauthorization Act, two bipartisan pieces of legislation that will safeguard and increase American taxpayer access to connectivity. The ROUTERS ACT would safeguard Americans' communications networks from foreign-adversary con... Read More »
Yesterday, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) and Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA7) reintroduced the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) Reauthorization Act. This legislation will improve the management of spectrum and update the mission and functions of the agency. With Congress recently providing NTIA with $42.8 billion to address broadband deployment and digital equity and... Read More »
Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5), the Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Energy Chairman held a hearing named Keeping the Lights On: Examining the State of Regional Grid Reliability. Witnesses included Mr. Manu Asthana, President and Chief Executive Officer, PJM Interconnection, LLC; Ms. Jennifer Curran, Senior Vice President for Planning and Operations, Midcontinent Independen... Read More »
This week, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH) reintroduced Tyler's Law, legislation aimed at preventing fentanyl overdoses in the United States. The bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to complete a study on how frequently hospitals test for fentanyl in patients experiencing an overdose and to use the results of the study to issue guidance to hospitals on implementing fentany... Read More »
Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) provided the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress: "After four years of the Biden administration failing to address record inflation, soaring energy costs, and an influx of illicit drugs and illegal immigrants over our southern border, it was refreshing to hear President Trump speak about the actions he has alrea... Read More »
Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced the Precision Agriculture Satellite Connectivity Act - led by Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) and Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL2) - to help farmers more easily incorporate technology into their operations. Latta and Kelly introduced the legislation on February 26, 2025. The lawmakers also previously introduced the bill in the 118th Congress, ... Read More »
Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) and Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL2) reintroduced the Precision Agriculture Satellite Connectivity Act, which will help farmers across America more easily incorporate technology into their operations. Latta and Kelly previously introduced the bill in the 118th Congress, where it passed the U.S. House by a vote of 409-11 on April 26, 2023. "Farmers in Ohio's Fi... Read More »
Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) released the following statement after being named by Roll Call as one of only 13 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives who voted on all 516 roll call votes in 2024 and one of only 18 Members to vote on all 719 roll call votes in 2023: "I believe it is my duty as the Representative for Ohio's Fifth Congressional District to do everything I can to show up... Read More »
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved, through a bipartisan vote of 312 to 108, the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act, legislation led by Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) and Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA9). The bill would make the temporary class-wide scheduling order for fentanyl-related substances (FRS) permanent. In 2023 alone, more than 107,000 peo... Read More »
Today, Congressman Bob Latta (OH-05), Congressman Morgan Griffith (VA-09), and House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (MI-09) penned an op-ed in the Washington Examiner making the case for the U.S. House to pass H.R. 27, the HALT Fentanyl Act, to give law enforcement the tools to fight against lethal fentanyl-related substances which have claimed countless lives. Read an excerpt of th... Read More »
Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) and Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL2) introduced the Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security (ROUTERS) Act to safeguard Americans' communications networks from foreign adversary-controlled technology, including routers, modems, or devices that contain both. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) have intro... Read More »
Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) joined fellow Ohioans and Americans at the 2025 March for Life, held in Washington, D.C. on the National Mall. Latta this week also reintroduced two pro-life focused bills to protect moms, babies, and the unborn, and the U.S. House advanced a bill cosponsored by Latta, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. "I'm a firm believer that all life is preci... Read More »
Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5), Chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Energy, released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed executive orders to help unleash American energy: "We need a return to U.S. energy dominance, and the executive orders signed by President Trump to unleash American energy are a great start. By expanding production of U.S. e... Read More »
Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) released the following statement following the Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which was signed into law to prevent app store availability or web hosting services in the U.S. for TikTok unless the app divests from Chinese Communist Party-controlled parent company ByteDance: “When craf... Read More »
