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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 »

Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) issued the following statement after President Obama signed into law the America Invents Act, H.R. 1249, a comprehensive patent reform bill that transforms the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The bill implements a first-inventor-to-file standard for patent approval, creates a post-grant review system to weed out bad patents, and assists the Patent… Read more »

The office of Congressman Bob Latta will host a Military Academy Information Night for the 2012 academic year. The informational meeting will take place at 7 p.m. on September 15 at the following location: Eastwood High School in the study hall, 4900 Sugar Ridge Road, Pemberville, Ohio 43450. At the meeting, potential candidates will be advised of the congressional… Read more »