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Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) today introduced legislation to help protect drinking water from harmful algae blooms known as cyanotoxins. Latta authored the legislation in response to Toledo, Ohio’s August water emergency caused by the increased presence of harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie. H.R. 5753, the Drinking Water Protection Act, requires the Environmental Protection Agency to… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH), member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Environment and the Economy Subcommittee, today participated in a hearing examining the toxins in drinking water caused by harmful algal blooms. This hearing was a continuation of Congressman Latta’s efforts to address the algal blooms issues in the Great Lakes following Toledo’s August water advisory,… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH), member of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Environment and the Economy Subcommittee, will participate in a hearing focused on cyanotoxins in drinking water on Wednesday, November 19, at 10:15 a.m. in Washington, D.C. Latta has worked closely with the Subcommittee’s Chairman, Congressman John Shimkus (R-IL), to ensure a hearing on this important… Read more »

House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Vice Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) today continued speaking out against heavy-handed regulation of the Internet currently being advocated for by President Obama. During the Free State Foundation’s policy seminar entitled, “Thinking the Unthinkable: Imposing the 'Utility Model' on Internet Providers,” Latta lauded the many success stories of… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH) today released the following statement after joining his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in voting in support of H.R. 5682, which approves the application to build the Keystone XL pipeline. This is the ninth time the House has said #Yes2Energy by passing legislation to approve the pipeline.   “At a time when growing our economy… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH) today released the following statement regarding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ release of its Tentatively Selected Plan (TSP) for the Blanchard River Flood Risk Management Project: “I am encouraged by the Army Corps’ continued action on the Blanchard River Flood Risk Management Project,” said Latta. “Lieutenant Colonel Jansen’s visit to Northwest Ohio to… Read more »

The House of Representatives today built upon the Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess by sending three more pieces of legislation to the president’s desk for signature. The House today approved by unanimous consent the Senate versions of three House-passed bills: the E-LABEL Act (S. 2583), the Sunscreen Innovation Act (S. 2141), and the Traumatic Brain Injury… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH), along with Congressman Tim Walz (D-MN), today introduced the Propane Education and Research Enhancement Act of 2014. The bipartisan legislation directs the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) to more accurately calculate consumer propane costs. It also enables the propane industry to use its resources to mitigate price spikes. “Last winter, the lives and… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH), Vice Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee, will join FCC Commissioners Ajit Pai and Michael O’Rielly in delivering remarks regarding net neutrality at the Free State Foundation’s seminar on Friday, November 14, at 8:45 a.m. Congressman Latta has been a strong opponent of reclassifying the Internet as… Read more »

Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), and Vice Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) offered the following statement on today’s announcement by President Obama supporting regulation of the Internet as a utility under Title II of the Communications Act: “We are extremely troubled and disappointed by the… Read more »