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Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced the Precision Agriculture Satellite Connectivity Act - led by Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) and Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL2) - to help farmers more easily incorporate technology into their operations. Latta and Kelly introduced the legislation on February 26, 2025. The lawmakers also previously introduced the bill in the… Read more »

Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) and Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL2) introduced the Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security (ROUTERS) Act to safeguard Americans' communications networks from foreign adversary-controlled technology, including routers, modems, or devices that contain both. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Senator Ben Ray Luján… Read more »

Today, the co-chairs of the Congressional Autonomous Vehicle Caucus, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI06), released the following statement on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) proposed rule to create AV STEP, or The ADS-equipped Vehicle Safety, Transparency, and Evaluation Program, which would establish a… Read more »

Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5), who is Chair of the Energy & Commerce Committee's Communications & Technology Subcommittee, visited an AM radio station located in Maryland that serves the east coast to view redundancy measures implemented to remain operational in the event of a natural or man-made disaster. This AM radio station is one of more than 70 hardened radio stations… Read more »

The U.S. House of Representatives today unanimously passed Congressman Bob Latta's (OH-05) Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security (ROUTERS) Act which will safeguard Americans' communications networks from foreign-adversary controlled technology, including routers, modems, or devices that combine both.  Latta worked with Senator… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) today released the following statement after Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, outlined in a letter that the Biden-Harris administration pressured Meta to silence differing voices and opinions on the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as information on Hunter Biden and the Biden family: "Mark Zuckerberg’s letter outlining that the Biden-Harris administration… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) and Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) penned a joint op-ed in The Washington Times highlighting the importance of Congress passing their ROUTERS Act, which will help safeguard U.S networks and protect American citizens from Chinese Communist Party cyberattacks.  Read an excerpt of the op-ed below, or click here to read… Read more »

Click here to read the full op-ed in The Washington Times. "Tens of millions of families and small businesses across the country use wireless routers as their primary access point to the internet. Many of these routers are susceptible to infiltration by foreign actors, including China, jeopardizing our national security and exposing our country to serious danger.  "Just… Read more »

Today, the U.S. House approved the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) Reauthorization Act, legislation led by Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) and Ranking Member Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA7). Latta and Matsui’s bill is the first reauthorization of NTIA in 30 years and will work to improve NTIA’s… Read more »

EXCERPT: Communist China-linked TikTok has demonstrated how much power it wields to influence its users. Recently, TikTok prohibited access to its app for American users until they entered their ZIP code and called their members of Congress to stop what they are falsely claiming is a “ban” on TikTok. Thousands of calls flooded congressional offices – including mine in Washington,… Read more »