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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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

107,622. Each digit of that number represents an American who died of a drug overdose in 2021. Hitting even closer to home, right here in Ohio, there were 5,017 drug overdose deaths in one year. The vast majority of these deaths have been attributed to a deadly, illicit substance that has become a scourge in communities across our nation. Its name? Fentanyl. These statistics are… Read more »

This week, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) joined the Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittees on Health and Oversight and Investigations to conduct the first field hearing of the 118th Congress at the southern border in McAllen, Texas, to discuss the ongoing border crisis, including Latta’s legislation – the HALT Fentanyl Act – which… Read more »

Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) provided the following statement in response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address: “Tonight, President Joe Biden gave his State of the Union Address to Congress and the American people. Like many, I was open to hearing what the president had to say about the direction of our country and the policies he believes will best serve our… Read more »