Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) today released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 4118, the SIMPLE Fairness Act on the House Floor. The legislation would provide hardworking American taxpayers the same relief the Administration has already granted businesses, by eliminating the individual mandate penalty tax under Obamacare for 2014.
“Contrary to the very… Read more »
Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) today issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s proposed 2015 Fiscal Year budget:
“The President’s proposed budget once again demonstrates that there will be no real change under this Administration,” said Latta. “Instead of learning from the failures of the past five years, the President’s plan increases the federal… Read more »
Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) today released the following statement in regard to the EPA’s Tier 3 rule, which according to some estimates will raise gasoline prices by up to nine cents per gallon.
“The EPA’s Tier 3 rule poses a threat to consumers, jobs and the economy by increasing the cost of delivering energy to American families and businesses,” said Latta. “It also… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH), and Rep. Bob Latta (OH-5) announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 2014 Work Plan includes $1.5 million for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Buffalo District to complete its Chief of Engineer’s Report on the Blanchard River Flood Risk Management Project (BRFRMP). Today’s announcement is… Read more »
Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green), Vice-Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee, today issued the following statement after learning the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has cancelled its “Critical Information Needs” study, which would have placed federal officials in the newsroom, so the FCC could monitor the news process… Read more »
Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) is an original co-sponsor of H.R. 4076, the Heating Emergency Assistance Through Transportation (HHEATT) Act, sponsored by Congressman Bill Shuster (R-PA). The bipartisan legislation introduced yesterday would provide a guaranteed extension of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) emergency declarations until May 31, ultimately… Read more »
Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green), Vice-Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee, today issued the following statement regarding the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) plans to suspend its “Critical Information Needs” study, which would have placed federal officials in the newsroom, so the FCC could monitor the news process… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) today released the following statement expressing concern about the devastating impacts Obamacare is having on our seniors. Under the President’s signature law, more than $300 billion was cut from the Medicare Advantage program. In addition, a recent Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule is… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green), Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) today sent a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, once again stressing the need to secure funding for the Blanchard River Flood Risk Management Project (BRFRMP) in the 2014 work plan.
“The Blanchard… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) today released the following statement in response to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Wheeler's announcement that he plans to reinstate Net Neutrality rules under Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act.
“I am disappointed that Chairman Wheeler has chosen to ignore the unprecedented Internet innovation,… Read more »
