Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) toured two major tech facilities in Ohio yesterday. His first stop was the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Etna, to learn more about how the center operates and uses technology to fulfill thousands of orders. His visit follows news that Amazon selected Rossford, in Latta’s district, for a new Fulfillment Center.
He later joined Senator Rob… Read more »
Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) and FCC Chair Ajit Pai penned an op-ed in the Plain Dealer highlighting the work being done to protect Americans from illegal robocalls.
An excerpt from their op-ed:
“From SHAKEN/STIR standards, to spoofed foreign robocall rules, to robocall blocking, the FCC and Congress have worked closely together to protect consumers against scammer robocalls… Read more »
BOWLING GREEN, OH - Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) joined more than 40 farmers and agribusiness leaders at Goebel Farms in rural Stryker yesterday for a discussion on the issues facing agriculture, including weather, trade, water quality, and mental health.
“This has been a tough crop season for our farms and people in all areas of agribusiness,” said Latta. “Combined… Read more »
Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a second disaster declaration after excessive rainfall disrupted planting in Ohio and the Midwest. This new declaration now includes Williams and Fulton Counties, which were left off the initial declaration due to the USDA requiring additional time to review their application and data.
Like the first one, this disaster… Read more »
Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) released the following statement after voting against the budget deal that raises the debt ceiling and increases government spending by $322 billion. Latta is an original cosponsor of H.J.Res. 22, a balanced budget amendment.
“Washington doesn’t have a revenue problem; it has a spending problem. Without spending reductions, I couldn’t… Read more »
Today the House passed the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act, legislation to combat the rise in illegal robocalls. Congressman Bob Latta, the Ranking Republican on the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, introduced the Support Tools to Obliterate Pesky (STOP) Robocalls Act earlier this year with Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA). Their legislation was a major… Read more »
Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) released the following statement after voting against a bill to raise the national minimum wage to $15, a policy that the Congressional Budget Office reported could eliminate nearly four million jobs, particularly for those who rely on lower wage positions like unskilled teenagers entering the workforce and people with disabilities. The CBO also… Read more »
“Americans deserve peace of mind knowing that the phones that connect us to the world are being used for good, not scams.”
Today, the Energy and Commerce Committee passed three bills that Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) has been working on: the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act, the Enhancing Grid Security through Public-Private Partnerships Act, and the Cyber Sense Act of 2019. These… Read more »
Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) released the following statement after the House passed the Small Business Development Center Cyber Training Act of 2019 and the SBA Cyber Awareness Act, two bills that will improve cybersecurity training, handling, and reporting for small businesses.
“Our families and communities rely on small businesses for jobs, goods, and services. Cyber… Read more »
Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) questioned energy and cybersecurity experts from the U.S. Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation during an Energy and Commerce Committee hearing. Latta, a co-chair of the Congressional Grid Innovation Caucus, focused his questions on bipartisan legislation he has championed… Read more »
