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For the fourth time in five years the president has missed the legal deadline to submit his budget request for the upcoming fiscal year. The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 requires the president to submit his budget request to Congress for the upcoming fiscal year no later than the first Monday of February. In addition to the president missing the deadline to submit a budget, it has… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) issued the following statement on President Obama’s failure to submit a budget for Fiscal Year 2014 by the legally-mandated deadline: “This marks the fourth time in five years that President Obama has missed his deadline to submit a budget to Congress and the Senate has not passed a budget in almost four years. With trillion-dollar budget deficits… Read more »

Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) sent a letter to Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki urging for the timely completion of the department's report on a plan to reduce the backlog of claims. Along with Latta, there were 14 additional Members from the Ohio delegation that signed onto the letter. Under current law the Department of Veterans Affairs is… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) joined the 40th National March for Life event in Washington, DC. Following the rally, Latta hosted a Congressional reception for over 400 constituents who attended the pro-life rally earlier today. “Throughout my years in public service, I have worked to protect one of the most fundamental human rights – the right to life,” Latta said. “As… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) released the following statement following the House vote on H.R. 325, The No Budget, No Pay Act: “The hardworking taxpayers of Ohio's Fifth Congressional District have budgets and Congress should have one too. After four years of trillion dollar deficits and a struggling economy, our national debt and federal spending cannot be brought under… Read more »

In nearly four years, President Obama has circumvented Congress by issuing 147 executive orders, and according to a recent report from the American Action Forum, his administration has issued nearly $500 billion in regulations during his first term. Under the Obama administration hardworking taxpayers, farmers, and other job creators have endured an excessive onslaught of government… Read more »

With the start of the new year, one of the little noticed but potentially harmful features of Obamacare has now gone into effect. It is the tax on medical device manufacturers. The new tax of 2.3 percent is placed on the revenues of companies that produce medical devices such as heart valves, insulin pumps and hundreds of thousands of carefully engineered and regularly improved… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) has announced his nominations from Ohio’s Fifth Congressional District for consideration for acceptance into the United States Air Force, Merchant Marine, Military, and Naval Academies in the Class 2017:   U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado Donald Bowen II, Woodville, Woodmore High School Charles Frisinger, Millbury, Lake High… Read more »

During a time when our nation’s economy struggles to stabilize and manufacturing jobs continue to diminish there has been one industry within the manufacturing sector that has ascended as a global leader – America’s medical device industry. This industry, described as an American success story, has brought us lifesaving technologies such as pacemakers, CT scanners, artificial joints,… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) issued the following statement today regarding December’s national unemployment report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics: “Today’s jobs number shows that we are still unable to keep up with the nation’s population growth. Unemployment rose this month to 7.8 percent and the number of Americans participating in the labor force remains low at… Read more »