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On Thursday, Congressman Latta voted in support of H.R. 674, a bill to repeal the 3 percent contractors’ withholding tax rule, which is set to go into effect in January 2013. Unless the bill is passed by the Senate and signed by the President, all federal and state contracts for goods and services will be subject to a 3 percent withholding tax on every payment over $10,000 to a… Read more »

U.S. Congressman Bob Latta will be hosting an agricultural listening session. As Congress begins work on the 2012 Farm Bill, the event will assist Rep. Latta to know what components of the 2008 Farm Bill worked and others that need changed. WHEN: Friday, October 28, 2011; 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.  … Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) has co-sponsored ten bills aimed at reforming the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The bills are part of an overall jobs agenda to spur job creation by improving the FDA’s medical device review and approval process.   “The cumbersome review process by the FDA threatens our medical industry, our competitiveness abroad and patient care,” said… Read more »

In support of October’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) is urging all Ohio small businesses to take cybersecurity precautions to protect themselves against cyberattacks. Congressman Latta is one of 12 members serving on the House Republican Cybersecurity Task Force. What is Cybersecurity? Cybersecurity is measures taken to protect a… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) today introduced legislation, H.R. 3185, to exempt existing stationary engines from two final rules issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), called the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (RICE).  Unless these EPA rules are stopped, by 2013 electric… Read more »

Dear President Obama, Gun trafficking across the U.S.-Mexico border is a serious issue that cannot be ignored.  However, I am greatly concerned about the details that are surfacing about the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) Operation Fast and Furious that was a failed attempt to track this growing problem.   Along with many of my constituents, I am… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) issued the following statement upon the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) creation of the Rural Call Completion Task Force. According to the FCC, the task force will investigate and address the growing problem of long distance phone calls to rural customers that are being delayed or fail to connect.  “I applaud the Commission’s efforts… Read more »

Under a new standard by the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHA) Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), counties and townships are required to replace traffic and street signs with new reflective signs by 2015 and 2018. In a letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) opposes such a mandate and supports a recently proposed change… Read more »

On Monday, Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) sent a letter to President Obama asking him to support his amendment to the Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts to the Nation (TRAIN) Act, H.R. 2401. The amendment would ensure that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator is able to consider economic costs when updating the National Ambient Air Quality… Read more »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) made the following statement in recognition of Constitution Day: “Today we reflect upon the rights and liberties that are innate in all of us and how blessed we are as American citizens to have them guaranteed by the United States Constitution.  It was two hundred twenty-four years ago, on September 17, 1787, that an assembly of farsighted… Read more »