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Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) released the following statement on the Obama Administration’s announcement to delay the Obamacare individual coverage requirement: “The latest delay is just another example that this law is not ready for primetime. While the Obama Administration handed out a one-year delay for big businesses and special interest groups, hardworking American… Read more »

In a letter to Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy, Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green), along with U.S. Senators Brown and Portman, urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to include funding for the Blanchard River Flood Risk Management Project (BRFRMP) for fiscal years 2014 and 2015. “I was pleased that USACE reprogrammed funds for fiscal year 2013;… Read more »

Rural Telecommunications Working Group Co-Chairs, Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT), released the following joint statement in response to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) announcement that the agency will take formal steps to investigate and confront the problem of uncompleted long distance calls to rural areas: “We applaud the FCC’s efforts to combat the… Read more »

Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee, of which Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) is a member, held a hearing titled “PPACA Implementation Failures: Didn’t Know or Didn’t Disclose?” that examined the problems and issues surrounding the online rollout of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also referred to as Obamacare. Latta questioned the four… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH) gave remarks at the Free State Foundation seminar titled, “A New FCC or the Same Old, Same Old?” on Thursday, October 24, at the National Press Club. The program's discussion focused on whether the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) can reform itself to deal with today’s competitive communications and technology environment, and how it might do so… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) today voted in favor of H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013 (WRRDA). The bill authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct water resources development activities, such as navigation, flood damage reduction, shoreline protection, and disaster response and recovery for the country, and fundamental reforms to the… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) released the following statement today regarding his vote against the Senate’s funding resolution, which includes an extension of the nation’s borrowing authority: “This has been a challenging and frustrating time for our country, and one which I had hoped we would be able to avoid. For weeks, House Republicans acted multiple times to keep the… Read more »

“The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure.  It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills.  It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies. … Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) took to the House floor Friday in support of a resolution introduced by Congressman Joe Pitts (R-PA), which would reform current U.S. sugar policy. Latta urged for an updated sugar policy that would ensure an adequate and reasonably priced sugar supply in the United States in order to keep the U.S. sugar processing industry competitive. Latta’s… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) has signed on as an original cosponsor to H.R. 3279, introduced by Representatives Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Dan Lipinski (D-IL), requiring all insurance plans on the health care exchanges to disclose whether or not the plan includes coverage for abortion. If the plan includes such coverage, the plan must also disclose the amount of the abortion… Read more »