Bob Latta

For a good number of years in the Energy and Commerce Committee, especially in the Communications and Technology Subcommittee, one of the things we have talked about is how much more spectrum we have to have in this country to move…

As you can see from today's bills coming from the Energy and Commerce Committee, cybersecurity is high on our list to make sure we are protecting the American public. I strongly ask my colleagues to support this legislation of the…

Currently, to trigger a 10-year mandatory minimum, an offense must involve 100 or more grams of a mixture containing a fentanyl analogue. Since the average lethal dose of fentanyl or a fentanyl analogue can be as small as 2 milligrams, the…

That was my last speaker on the bill. I am prepared to close if my friend, the gentleman from Florida, is. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

The Communications and Technology Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee has been very busy this past Congress making sure that we get broadband deployed across this country. This piece of legislation will help make sure that…

I have no other speakers, if the gentleman is ready to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

This legislation moved through the Energy and Commerce Committee 43-0, showing the absolute importance of moving this legislation through. I urge support of H.R. 7589 and yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr…

As I mentioned already, the NTIA has not been reauthorized since 1992. Again, as stated before, many of the responsibilities that it has didn't even exist or were irrelevant at that time, such as Federal spectrum management, administration…

The CEO of TikTok appeared before the Energy and Commerce Committee and admitted to me during questioning that ByteDance has access to U.S. user data. This should be an alarm to every TikTok user. There is no reason why the Chinese…

This legislation would provide more certainty to our commercial satellite operators so that when they make the investment in satellite technologies, they will be able to launch them into space. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support…

As the gentleman just stated, this bill encourages collaboration between government agencies and stakeholders so that we can work together to address cyber threats and vulnerabilities more effectively. Mr. Speaker, I urge passage by the…

Along with the gentlemen from Pennsylvania, California, and Florida, I am proud to colead the Preserving Consumer Choice and Vehicle Purchases Act.

The FCC has adopted most items by a 4 to 0 vote.

The ACP program is working.

We have got to get this thing done.

That is why I am leading the NTIA Reauthorization Act of 2023.

The United States is going to lead out there, because it is absolutely essential that we do to make sure that we have the best healthcare and the cures here, in the United States.

There is broad bipartisan consensus that the price of healthcare is unaffordable and that government spending is out of control.

Currently over 62 percent of hospitals in the State of Ohio are operating in a loss.

Health professional shortages are everywhere.

Well, I appreciate that. And again, you know, what we want to get done, we want to make sure that our unserved areas get served, you know, our underserved areas get better service, and we don't end up in situations where you might have…

I think it is important to point out that one of the terms I try not to use anymore is the word 'overdoses.' It is poisoning, especially when we are talking fentanyl.

So these are examples of censorship by Big Tech companies underscores the need to reform Section 230.

This includes removing content of opposing viewpoints that aids in important public discourse.