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Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) made the following statement after voting against the House legislative vehicle which will be used for nonbinding motions to instruct to the Senate-passed health care reform bill during today’s House Budget Committee reconciliation hearing. “Today’s reconciliation hearing is the first in a series of legislative gimmicks and procedures to drive… Read more »

This is the second in a series of updates from Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green), a member of the House Budget Committee. On Monday, the Budget Committee will hold a reconciliation hearing on the Senate-passed health care reform bill.  In short, this reconciliation hearing is a parliamentarian “trick” used to pass legislation through a series of rules which limit debate and… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) made the following statement regarding updated Ohio unemployment county numbers released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.  Of the 16 counties within Ohio’s Fifth Congressional District, five counties have an unemployment rate of 15 percent or higher. “With no relief in sight for the staggering unemployment numbers… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green), a member of the House Budget Committee, will begin a series of weekly updates on the Fiscal Year 2011 budget proceedings.     Friday, March 5, 2010 On February 1st, President Obama submitted his Administration’s FY 2011 Budget proposal with a record breaking cost of $3.8 trillion dollars.  This budget proposal includes a $2… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) made the following statement after President Obama’s announcement today on the current health care reform debate.   “President Obama has once again defied the will of the American public who continue to reject the House and Senate passed health care reform bills, in addition to the framework the President laid out in his health care reform… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) made the following statement regarding today’s health care summit.   “Instead of coming to today’s health care summit with an open mind and a clean sheet of paper, President Obama and Congressional Democrat Leadership decided to argue with Congressional Republicans on why their health care reform plans are superior to Republican… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) is proud to announce the 2010 Congressional Art Competition for Ohio’s Fifth Congressional District.  The competition is open to all high school students who reside in the Fifth Congressional District.     “The Congressional Art Competition is an excellent chance for high school students across our great nation to showcase… Read more »

 Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) made the following statement regarding today’s one-year anniversary of the “stimulus” package being signed into law.   “One year ago today, President Obama signed the ‘stimulus’ package into law making a promise that with this bill, our national unemployment rate would not exceed eight percent.   Unfortunately, this $1 trillion… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) made the following statement after voting against H. J. Res. 45, a bill that would increase the United States’ national debt limit to $14.29 trillion dollars.  Congressman Latta also voted against a national debt limit hike on December 16, 2009, less than two months ago.   “This is the fifth debt limit increase under House Speaker Nancy… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R- Bowling Green) made the following statement regarding President Obama’s State of the Union Address.   “Instead of focusing on creating jobs and putting Americans back to work in 2009, President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid chose to focus their attention on a $1 trillion dollar health care bill, cap and trade legislation, which would be the largest… Read more »