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Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) is applauding the passage of legislation he supported, the Veterans Benefit and Transition Act, to authorize a host of veterans programs. The bill passed by voice vote and now heads to the Senate. Included in the bill are reforms and fixes that will help veterans in the transition process out of the military and increase benefits. It also would… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) joined his colleagues yesterday in passing H.R. 1318, the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act, to address the high rate of maternal mortality in the United States. This bipartisan bill would establish a Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRCs) in each state to identify trends and risk factors, and develop recommendations for appropriate… Read more »

The Precision Agriculture Connectivity Act, legislation authored by Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) to help Northwest Ohio farmers, has been included in Farm Bill legislation agreed to by a Conference Committee. The legislation was included in the House-passed Farm Bill, H.R. 2, earlier this year. The Conference Committee was created to negotiate and iron out the differences in… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) released the following statement after arrests were made in connection with national security threats in Lucas County. “I commend the actions by law enforcement that may have saved lives in Toledo. The early reports indicate that the planners of these proposed attacks were seeking to kill and injure innocent people. These planned attacks are… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) released the following statement on the 77th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.   “Just before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, Imperial Japanese forces launched an attack on Pearl Harbor that cost thousands of lives and plunged the United States into World War II. Seventy-seven years to the day, we honor the lives lost and remember… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) released the following statement on the November jobs report which showed the creation of 155,000 jobs and the unemployment rate holding steady at 3.7%.   “While November’s jobs report doesn’t quite reach the level of the banner reports released over the past few months, there is still much to like in terms of wage growth and labor… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) is applauding the announcement that the U.S. became a net oil exporter last week for the first time in 75 years. The U.S. sold a net of 211,000 barrels a day of crude and refined products last week. The U.S. energy boom has been a result of pro-energy policies and technological advancements that have led to increased oil production across the… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) released the following statement after attending the funeral of President George H.W. Bush in Washington, D.C.  “Today, we said goodbye to President George H.W. Bush with stories and memories of his humility, his love of family, and his service to our nation. Historian and author Jon Meacham couldn’t have been more right when he called him a… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) released the following statement after the announcement that President George H.W. Bush has passed away.  “There is not a more quintessential American than George Herbert Walker Bush. A Navy pilot in World War II, Ambassador to the United Nations, Director of the CIA, Congressman, Vice President, and President of the United States – George… Read more »

The U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation authored by Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green), H.R. 6032, the State of Modern Application, Research, and Trends (SMART) of IoT Act, by voice vote last evening. The SMART IoT Act would direct the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study on the state of the internet-connected device industry. According to one study,… Read more »