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Certain Medicare providers can now apply to receive Provider Relief Fund payments from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS is distributing $175 billion to hospitals and health care providers on the front lines of the coronavirus response. This includes many Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and dental providers with low Medicare revenues. This… Read more »

Today, U.S. Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) sent a letter to Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer Louis DeJoy to request the United States Postal Service (USPS) implement procedures, in coordination with the State of Ohio, to ensure the timely and accurate delivery of election-related materials prior to the November elections.  The letter was signed by U.S. Senator Rob… Read more »

The Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program will be awarding funds to fire departments in Ohio’s Fifth Congressional District to strengthen their level of preparedness and ability to respond to fire and related hazards.  Jurisdictions receiving grant funding are: Delta Community Fire Department - $203,714.29 Village of Antwerp -… Read more »

Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5), Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, and Congressman Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ1) introduced bipartisan legislation, the Rural Connectivity Advancement Program (RCAP) Act of 2020,  that would facilitate broadband buildout in rural communities by capturing a portion of the proceeds from spectrum… Read more »

Today, U.S. Congressmen Bob Latta (OH-5), Bill Johnson (OH-6), and Anthony Gonzalez (OH-16) urged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to arm schools and families with the tools and information they need to effectively return children to the classroom this fall by conducting a review of the existing literature on transmissions of COVID-19 in children as soon as… Read more »

The U.S. Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) COVID-19 Recovery and Resiliency Project will be awarding Bowling Green State University (BGSU) funding to help the University respond to the unusual and compelling urgency of the coronavirus pandemic. This funding was included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which passed the House of… Read more »

Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) introduced H.R. 7814, the Nuclear Prosperity and Security Act, legislation to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish and operate a uranium reserve in the United States that would ensure availability of uranium in the event of a market disruption and support strategic fuel cycle capabilities in the United States. “In recent years, the United… Read more »

The Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant COVID-19 Supplemental Program will be awarding funds to firefighters in Ohio’s Fifth Congressional District to immediately enhance their ability to protect the health and safety of the public, as well as that of first-responder personnel through the purchase of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and essential supplies… Read more »

Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) voted in support of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 295 to 125. Latta offered an amendment to the NDAA that was approved and included in the final passage of the legislative package.  “This year’s NDAA marks the 60th year in a row that Congress has worked in a… Read more »

BOWLING GREEN OH – Today, Representatives Bob Latta (R-OH) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA),  Republican leaders of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittees on Communications and Technology & Consumer Protection and Commerce, respectively, urged the Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to expedite planned… Read more »