On April 10, 2025, Congressman Bob Latta (OH-5) voted to continue the process of budget reconciliation to provide tax cuts to families and businesses, address the national debt, and secure the border, and safeguard our nation. Congressman Latta released the following statement:
“I’m pleased to have joined my colleagues in voting to move forward with budget reconciliation.… Read more »
Yesterday, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) and Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA7) reintroduced the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) Reauthorization Act. This legislation will improve the management of spectrum and update the mission and functions of the agency.
With Congress recently providing NTIA with $42.8 billion to address broadband… Read more »
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 »