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Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) voted in favor of a bill to expand U.S. offshore energy production, H.R. 2231, the Offshore Energy and Jobs Act. “The U.S. has an abundance of natural resources and through the development of these resources we are able to create American jobs and lower energy prices. This bill will expand U.S. energy production while ensuring that it is… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) has cosponsored H.R. 2273, the Great Lakes System Sustainability Act. This bipartisan legislation would streamline the current Great Lakes Navigation System by creating a single, cohesive system for budgetary purposes, which would allow the system to compete for Army Corps of Engineers maintenance funding as one unit against other areas, rather than… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s latest proposal to implement regulations on new and existing power plants: “It is estimated that roughly 80 percent of Ohio’s electricity is generated from coal-fired power plants, and the coal mining industry accounts for over 3,000 jobs in Ohio, and over 760,000 American jobs… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) has signed on as a cosponsor to H.R. 1852, the Email Privacy Act, a bill to update current privacy laws and improve protections for electronic communications information stored or maintained by third-party service providers. “Digital communication privacy laws have not been updated since 1986, and yet technology has changed dramatically and is… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) led a letter with 19 of his colleagues to Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell urging the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to consider existing state programs and regulations of hydraulic fracturing rather than duplicative federal regulations. The letter was sent in response to BLM’s Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding hydraulic… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) issued the following statement today regarding his support for the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 1797), a bill to prohibit abortions 20 weeks after fertilization, which is during the second trimester: “The graphic accounts from the recent Gosnell trial brought to light the brutality and painful nature of abortion. The public and… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry urging him to work with President Putin and the Russian Federal Assembly to ensure the reversal of the Russian adoption ban. The Russian government banned all adoptions in the United States late last year. Many adoptions were in the final stages of the adoption process but have not been completed due to… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) today issued the following statement regarding his work to secure funding for the Blanchard River flood reduction project: “Finding a permanent flood control solution for the Blanchard River is my top priority. As I have emphasized in numerous meetings and letters with the Army Corps, this is a safety and economic issue that directly impacts the… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) led a letter, signed by members from the Ohio delegation, to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regarding the definition of "rural" counties as it applies to qualified mortgages under the Ability-to-Repay (ATR) rule. This coming January, the CFPB will implement its rule to restrict "balloon"… Read more »

The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday passed the Fiscal Year 2014 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs bill. Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) issued the following statement regarding the passage of the bill: “Our veterans have honored their commitments to this nation and it must remain a top priority that we ensure veterans receive the benefits they were promised and… Read more »