Today, Congressman Bob Latta (OH-5) announced that Marcia Latta, Ed.D., has been named one of three winners of this year’s Congressional Families Leadership Award. The Prevent Cancer Foundation’s bipartisan Congressional Families Program recognizes two members of Congress or their spouses, a celebrity, and a healthcare organization each year for their significant contributions to cancer… Read more »
Today, Congressman Bob Latta (OH-5) released the following statement on the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that took place in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania:
“Today marks 24 years since the September 11th terrorist attacks that changed our nation forever. On that morning, 2,977 innocent lives were taken, and countless families were left with heartbreak, and every… Read more »
Today, Congressman Bob Latta (OH-5) released the following statement after voting in favor of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA):
“I am proud to support this year’s NDAA, which ensures our men and women in uniform have the tools, training, and support they need to keep America safe. It also improves servicemembers' quality of life by including… Read more »
Last week, Congressman Bob Latta (OH-5) reintroduced the Winning the International Race for Economic Leadership and Expanding Service to Support Leadership Act (WIRELESS) Leadership Act, a bill to modernize broadband permitting to reduce barriers to deployment.
The bill will provide much-needed transparency into the application process for broadband providers to invest in new… Read more »
Yesterday, Congressman Bob Latta (OH-5) joined U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman (AR-4), Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-1), and Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (IA-2) at the Ames National Laboratory to see firsthand the lab’s cutting-edge research and its pivotal role in addressing national… Read more »
Last night, the U.S. Nuclear Industry Council (USNIC) presented Congressman Bob Latta (OH-5) with the 2025 Distinguished Leadership Award. Congressman Latta currently serves as the chairman of the Energy Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
USNIC is the leading U.S. business advocate for advanced nuclear energy and promotion of the American supply chain… Read more »
Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced Congressman Bob Latta’s (OH-5) Over-the-Counter Monograph Drug User Fee Amendments (OMUFA). Co-led by Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-1), Congressman Dan Crenshaw (TX-2), and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-6), this bipartisan bill would reauthorize the Over-the-Counter Monograph User Fee Act, which has improved access to… Read more »
Recently, Congressman Bob Latta (OH-5), Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-1), Congressman Dan Crenshaw (TX-2) and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-6) introduced the Over-the-Counter Monograph Drug User Fee Amendments (OMFUA), a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the Over-the-Counter Monograph User Fee Act that has improved access to over-the-counter medicines.
“The… Read more »
Today, Congressman Bob Latta (OH-5) announced that President Donald Trump signed into law his bipartisan Halt All Lethal Trafficking (HALT) of Fentanyl Act. Co-led by Congressman Latta and Congressman Morgan Griffith (VA-9), this new law permanently classifies fentanyl-related substances (FRS) as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled… Read more »
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman Bob Latta (OH-5) and Congresswoman Robin Kelly’s (IL-2) bipartisan Precision Agriculture Satellite Connectivity Act, to help farmers more easily incorporate technology into their operations. The legislation now awaits consideration in the U.S. Senate.
“Reliable broadband is essential for farmers in Ohio… Read more »
