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Congressman Latta is presented with the Rx Award, L to R – David W. Neu, President, AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation, AmerisourceBergen Corporation, Congressman Bob Latta, and John M. Gray, President & CEO, Healthcare Distribution Management Association.
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Latta sends letter to USDA Under Secretary regarding rain, need for assistance June 25, 2019 Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) today sent a letter to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Bill Northey about the continued rain in Ohio. Click here for a copy of the letter. In his letter, he asks for clarification on the assistance process to help ease the uncertainty farmers are facing. He also extends an invitation to the Under Secretary and USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue to visit the 5th Congressional District to survey t... More
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To help bring down drug costs, lawmakers introduce legislation to make more drugs available to consumers over the counter June 24, 2019 A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation today to help lower consumers’ overall health care costs by making more over-the-counter medications available to patients. The legislation – led by U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Bob Latta (R-OH), Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Brett Guthrie (R-KY) – would reform the system that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration currently uses to review and approve new over-the-counter drugs for market, known as the OTC monograph system. If approved, ... More
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Latta in the Washington Examiner: Congress is here to serve Americans, not ourselves June 20, 2019 Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) penned an op-ed for the Washington Examiner calling for a vote on legislation regarding the annual automatic pay increase Congress receives unless they vote to freeze it. After talks of allowing a pay raise for members of Congress to go through after a decade-long freeze, the Democrats caved to public pressure and pulled the bill. Congressman Latta wants to see a more permanent solution for the annual pay raise debate -- the No Vote, No Raise Act. His bill... More
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Latta’s STOP Robocalls Act is major component of bipartisan robocalls package June 20, 2019 Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) released the following statement after the Energy and Commerce Committee unveiled bipartisan legislation, the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act, to combat the growing scourge of illegal robocalls. Latta, the Republican Leader on the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, introduced the Support Tools to Obliterate Pesky (STOP) Robocalls Act earlier this year with Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA). Their legislation is a major component of this bipartisan package... More
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Latta: Government spending package includes disturbing, radical disregard for human life June 19, 2019 Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) voted against today’s appropriations package, which includes funding for the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water due to the partisan drafting of the bill and the lack of pro-life protections. Congressman Latta offered an amendment that would prohibit funds from being given to organizations or entities which utilize medication abortion as a method of service, including tele-medicine. His ame... More
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