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Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) made the following statement in recognition of Constitution Day. “Today we celebrate the signing of the United States Constitution and recognize its importance in our nation’s history.  We were blessed as a nation to have individuals that put self-interest and sectionalism aside to debate, argue, draft and sign the Constitution.  Our… Read more »

The office of Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) will host an informational meeting regarding the United States Military Service Academy nomination and appointment process for the 2011 academic year.  The informational meeting will take place at 7:00 P.M. on Monday, September 13, 2010 at the following location: Anthony Wayne High School Media Center, Seminar Room 5967… Read more »

In reaction to recent reports that voting for military personnel currently serving overseas could be negatively affected during the 2010 elections, Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) recently sent a letter to Robert Carey, Director of the Federal Voting Assistance Program for the Department of Defense, encouraging him to ensure the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) today sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate requesting the rationale and reasoning as soon as possible behind FEMA’s decision to not declare Wood, Fulton, and Ottawa Counties as federal disaster areas in the wake of the June tornados that hit the area.  A copy of Congressman Latta’s letter can be… Read more »

On July 30th, Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) introduced H.R. 6044, The American Manufacturing Disaster Relief Act of 2010. Under current law, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is exempted from the “Buy American Act” during their disaster relief efforts outside the United States.  If passed, H.R. 6044 would establish an order for USAID to… Read more »

This week, Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) introduced H.R. 5959, the Tax Education and Accountability Act (TEA Act). This legislation will repeal the provision in law that requires employers to deduct or withhold federal taxes from an employee’s paycheck, therefore requiring individuals to pay their own tax liability on a quarterly basis.  “With this legislation,… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) joined House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and other republican members of Ohio’s Congressional Delegation today reacting to a recent news report from Columbus’ WCMH-TV highlighting a Strickland administration decision to use Ohio’s federal “stimulus” dollars to create jobs in Central America.  As several suggested, this is exactly why… Read more »

In light of recent reports detailing plans by several states to use high-risk pool health plans funded by federal taxpayer dollars under President Obama’s health care law to offer abortion services, Ohio House GOP members yesterday urged Governor Ted Strickland (D) to assure Ohioans that the final plan to be submitted by the State of Ohio will not include elective abortion as a covered… Read more »

Earlier today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) delivered the following opening statement during the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee hearing titled “The Role of the Interior Department in the Deepwater Horizon Disaster.”  Video of the opening statement can be found on Congressman Latta’s YouTube Channel.    (as delivered and for… Read more »

Last night, Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) sent letters to President Obama and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate stressing the importance of Governor Strickland’s appeal to FEMA for Wood, Fulton, and Ottawa Counties to be declared federal disaster areas in the wake of the deadly tornados that hit the area on June 5th.  Specifically, the… Read more »