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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) is highlighting a draft Federal Communications Commission (FCC) report that shows significant progress made in the last year to narrow the ‘digital divide’ and improve access to high-speed broadband. The draft 2019 Broadband Deployment Report, which was circulated by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai yesterday, shows that the number of… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) is highlighting a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics report which showed that job openings jumped 2.4% in December to 7.3 million. That’s the largest number of job openings in the United States since the report was created in 2000. The number of openings also exceeds the number of people looking for work by one… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) has announced details for the 2019 Congressional Art Competition. High school students that live or attend school in Ohio’s Fifth Congressional District are encouraged to submit a piece of art for this year’s competition. All artwork will be displayed at Owens Community College in Perrysburg Township.   The deadline for submission is Monday,… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green), Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, highlighted the importance of finding bipartisan consensus on the contentious net neutrality issue at a subcommittee hearing this morning. At the hearing, Latta announced that he had introduced net neutrality legislation that he believes could gain… Read more »

Joining Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) at today’s State of the Union Address will be Bard Manufacturing Company President and CEO Bill Steel. Bard Manufacturing is located in Bryan, Ohio and is a leading Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) company. Last year, Bard Manufacturing Company opened the James R. Bard Center for HVAC Innovation and Design at their… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) is criticizing Senate Democrats after they blocked legislation, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, from coming to the floor last evening. Latta has long supported the House version of this legislation and is a cosponsor of the bill this Congress.   Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) attempted to bring the legislation up by unanimous… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) released the following statement after the State of the Union Address from President Donald Trump.   “In his State of the Union speech, the President highlighted not only the great gains we’ve seen over the past two years, but also the approach needed to move our country forward with our new divided government. In it, he described the… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) has introduced legislation, the Stop Penalizing Working Seniors Act, to expand access to health savings accounts (HSAs) and fix a technicality that prohibits individuals that are receiving social security benefits from contributing to their HSA accounts. Latta originally introduced this legislation last Congress after constituents who had… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) has re-introduced legislation, H.R. 749, the Veterans Right to Expediency Act, to ensure that veterans are informed in a timely manner of the outcome of their Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability claim. Latta met with members of his Veterans Advisory Group last year who expressed concern that delayed delivery of notifications was causing… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) has introduced legislation, H.R. 751, the No Vote, No Raise Act, to eliminate automatic pay raises for Members of Congress. Under current law, Members of Congress are slated to receive automatic annual adjustments unless stopped by Congressional legislation. Because the pay increases are automatic, Members of Congress can receive a raise without… Read more »