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Congressman Latta Committee on Agriculture Opening Statement: Full Committee Hearing to Review the Financial Stability Improvement Act Discussion Draft

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Good Morning.  Chairman Peterson and Ranking Member Lucas. Today, we are holding a hearing to review the Financial Stability Improvement Act discussion draft.  I would like to welcome the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Farm Credit…

LATTA STATEMENT ON H.R. 3962

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Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) made the following statement on the passage of H.R. 3962.   “From the beginning of the health care debate this year, constituents in my district and millions of Americans made it clear that they do not support the government takeover of our nation’s health care system which is exactly what Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Obama’s plan,…

LATTA TRICARE LANGUAGE INCLUDED IN FINAL PASSAGE OF NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT

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Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) announced that on Wednesday, October 28th, President Barack Obama signed the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law which included TRICARE legislation Congressman Latta authored.   Congressman Latta’s TRICARE language was amended into the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2010 during debate in the House and Senate.   During the…

LATTA OPENING STATEMENT FOR NEXT GENERATION BIOFULES

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House Agriculture Committee, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research Opening Statement on next generation biofuels Good Morning. Chairman Holden and Ranking Member Goodlatte.     I would like to welcome our two distinguished panels of witnesses from the private sector and the USDA to discuss America’s future on next generation biofuels.  A…

10 FACTS EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT SPEAKER PELOSI'S 1,990-PAGE GOV'T TAKEOVER OF HEALTH CARE

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This blog post originally appears on House Republican Leader John Boehner's (R-OH) blog Members of Congress and the American people are just beginning to look at Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) 1,990-page government takeover of health care, but it’s already becoming clear just how costly and unsustainable this proposal is.  From higher taxes on middle-class families to job-killing…

LATTA STATEMENT ON H.R. 3962

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Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) made the following statement after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrat Leadership unveiled H.R. 3962 "After weeks of discussion behind closed doors with no Republican input, Speaker Pelosi and House Democrat Leadership have finally unveiled their health care reform bill to the American people.   Of course, it is no surprise that…

LATTA CALLS FOR HEARING ON SMALL BUSINESS LENDING

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Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) sent a letter to House of Representatives Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) and House Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) requesting a joint committee hearing on the state of lending to small businesses in the United States. “Over the past six months, I have repeatedly met with banks, both large…