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Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) championed bipartisan legislation to reform the over-the-counter (OTC) monograph system with his bill, the Over-the-Counter Monograph Safety, Innovation, and Reform Act. This legislation was recently signed into law as a part of the CARES Act. This law modernizes the monograph framework and allows new, safe products to come to market more quickly while… Read more »

U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Ohio) and U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today led a significant number of lawmakers from both chambers of Congress to urge the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to resist efforts by pro-abortion activists to expand medication abortions during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Thirty-eight Senators and 121 Representatives sent a letter to FDA… Read more »

This week, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) led a bipartisan letter to the Department of Health and Human Services to request that the increased funding for the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund through the CARES Act is equitably distributed to small rural hospitals, critical access hospitals and other rural providers who are in grave need of help as they combat the… Read more »

The President recently signed into law the Broadband DATA Act, a bill led in the House of Representatives by Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5), and the Secure 5G and Beyond Act. These bipartisan bills passed out of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, where Congressman Latta is the Republican Leader, and they work to ensure Americans in rural,… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) joined bipartisan members of the Ohio Congressional Delegation to send a letter to the President supporting Governor Mike DeWine’s request for a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for the State of Ohio.  On March 31, 2020, the President granted a Major Disaster Declaration for the State of Ohio triggering the release of Federal funds to help… Read more »

Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) provided the following statement on the House passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act:  “The American people desperately need relief. The coronavirus pandemic has taken lives, burdened our country’s health care system, and is impacting our economy. Just before the pandemic hit, there were a million more job… Read more »

Following Congress’ passage of a bipartisan funding package to support COVID-19 preparedness and response efforts across the country, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) led 11 of their Ohio delegation colleagues, including Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5), in urging the Trump administration to ensure that this funding be made immediately available for the… Read more »

BOWLING GREEN, OH – Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) invited former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, to join him in hosting a teleconference discussion with Fifth Congressional District county health commissioners and hospital CEOs and presidents. “Everyone has an important role to play in helping to stop the spread of the… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) provided the following statement: “It is extremely important to remain calm and to engage in good personal hygiene practices in order to do what you can to avoid spreading or contracting illness. Washing your hands thoroughly for at least 20 seconds and staying home when you are sick are simple things we all can do to help keep ourselves and those around us… Read more »

Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) provided the following statement after voting in support of funding to respond to the coronavirus: “Ensuring the American people are safe is the most important job of government. I am relieved House Democrats agreed to put politics aside in order to join House Republicans in providing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug… Read more »