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Latta Statement on President Trump's Joint Address to Congress

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Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) provided the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress: "After four years of the Biden administration failing to address record inflation, soaring energy costs, and an influx of illicit drugs and illegal immigrants over our southern border, it was refreshing to hear President Trump speak about the actions he…

Passed by House: Latta, Griffith's HALT Fentanyl Act

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Today, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved, through a bipartisan vote of 312 to 108, the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act, legislation led by Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) and Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA9). The bill would make the temporary class-wide scheduling order for fentanyl-related substances (FRS) permanent. In 2023…

Latta, Griffith, McClain Op-ed: The HALT Fentanyl Act gives Americans hope

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Today, Congressman Bob Latta (OH-05), Congressman Morgan Griffith (VA-09), and House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (MI-09) penned an op-ed in the Washington Examiner making the case for the U.S. House to pass H.R. 27, the HALT Fentanyl Act, to give law enforcement the tools to fight against lethal fentanyl-related substances which have claimed…

Latta, Griffith op-ed: Congress must advance HALT Fentanyl Act to save lives

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Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) and Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA9) penned an op-ed in The Washington Times today outlining the importance of Congress advancing their HALT Fentanyl Act to help save lives. The bill was approved by the House Energy & Commerce Committee in March of 2023 and was passed by the U.S. House in May of…

Latta Statement on DHS Report of Nearly 300,000 Illegal Immigrant Children Missing in U.S.

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Congressman Bob Latta (OH-05), who has traveled to the southern border 4 times, today released the following statement after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a report detailing nearly 300,000 illegal immigrant children are unaccounted for in the United States: "The open border policies of the Biden-Harris administration have led to a national security and…

Latta Votes to Increase Troop Pay, Strengthen National Defense, Support Border Patrol

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Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) released the following statement after voting in support of the Fiscal Year (FY) 25 Servicemember Quality of Life and National Defense Authorization Act:  "This year's Servicemember Quality of Life and National Defense Authorization Act puts our men and women serving in uniform first. It's our duty, as Congress, to support our…

BG Independent: Southern border must be prioritized

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As the Representative for Ohio’s Fifth District in Congress, I have visited and inspected our nation’s southern border four times. I take these opportunities because I believe the federal government has a duty and responsibility to protect and secure our nation’s borders.  That is why I traveled to the small southern border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, this month. What I witnessed and…

RECAP: Latta Joins Speaker Johnson at Southern Border to Seek Solutions, Speak with Border Patrol

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This week, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA4) and more than 60 Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives in a visit to Eagle Pass, Texas, located at the southern border. Members spoke with Border Patrol agents and discussed possible solutions to stem the humanitarian and national security crisis at the southern border. Click here to…

Latta Slams Biden Administration’s Lack of Leadership to Secure the Southern Border

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Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) released the following statement after Customs and Border Protection reported a record number of migrant encounters in a single day along the United States’ southern border: “Day by day, the crisis at the southern border continues to spiral out of control. The fact is, President Joe Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas…

Latta Votes to Secure the Southern Border

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Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) released the following statement after voting in support of H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act: “President Joe Biden has made it unequivocally clear he does not take the crisis at the southern border seriously. Under his watch, drug cartels have free rein to conduct human and child trafficking and smuggle lethal drugs – like fentanyl – into…

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