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November 30, 2010
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November 5, 2010
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) says he is very pleased the EPA will not try to ban lead from tackle and sinkers used by the nation’s 60 million recreational anglers.
The EPA has announced it has rejected a petition filed by environmental groups seeking to ban the manufacturing, processing and distribution of lead in sinkers and tackle. The same group wanted the EPA to ban lead in ammunition, but the federal agency has no jurisdiction over the matter.
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October 29, 2010
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) said more than 20 additional lawmakers signed a letter asking the Obama administration to suspend GM dealership closures until a current investigation of dealer terminations is completed.
LaTourette said the new letter was signed by several Ohio lawmakers, including U.S. Reps. Betty Sutton, Dennis Kucinich, Marcia Fudge and Marcy Kaptur. Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has also asked for help for the dealers.
Nearly 500 GM dealerships across the country could close on Oct. 31, including Sims Chevrolet of Lyndhurst and one other NE Ohio dealer. LaTourette had led the effort to ask the Administration to suspend the closures. The average dealership employs as many as 50 employees.
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October 25, 2010
U.S. Reps. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) and John A. Boehner (R-OH), Republican Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, have called on the Obama Administration to immediately suspend GM closures until a current investigation of dealer terminations is completed.
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October 7, 2010
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) will welcome a traveling exhibit from the world-renowned Library of Congress Friday morning at the Twinsburg Public Library.
A welcome ceremony will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, October 8, at the library at 10050 Ravenna Road in Twinsburg. The traveling “Gateway to Knowledge” exhibition will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 8, and Saturday, Oct. 9. There is no cost to visit the exhibit.
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September 30, 2010
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) today announced that Ashtabula County Medical Center (ACMC) will receive a $59,659 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission to expand a diabetes and wellness program for lower-income patients.
The funding will allow more than 100 patients to receive comprehensive care to manage their diabetes. The total cost of the program is about $119,000 and ACMC will be responsible for about half the cost for the grant’s local match.
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September 29, 2010
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) will vote against a Senate-passed version of the NASA reauthorization bill because NASA Glenn and Plum Brook Station fare poorly in the bill, it puts a nail in the coffin of manned space travel, and it outsources our national security.
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September 27, 2010
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) today honored Weaver Meats of Painesville for being selected by Continental Airlines as its new vendor for beef jerky. The small, family-owned business just shipped its first monthly order of more than 50,000 packages of jerky.
“From family butcher shop to beef jerky plant to perhaps serving their beef jerky on the largest airline in the world – only in America,” LaTourette said.
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September 22, 2010
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) today announced that the Twinsburg Fire Department will receive $185,193 in federal funds from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to rehire firefighters that were laid off last summer.
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September 10, 2010
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) is sponsoring his annual Military Academy Information Day at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, September 18, 2010, at Auburn Career Center’s Presentation Center, 8140 Auburn Road, Concord Township.
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July 22, 2010
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) is renewing his call that Gov. Strickland form an independent, bipartisan oversight board to monitor federal stimulus spending after media reports that the state used stimulus money for its cash for appliances rebate program to hire a Texas company that outsourced call center jobs to Central America.
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July 22, 2010
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) today voted to extend unemployment benefits to millions of Americans whose benefits have been held hostage by partisan bickering in Washington, DC.
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July 21, 2010
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) today announced that the House Appropriations Committee has approved his amendment to make it possible for servicemen and women to obtain a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) diagnosis at an academic medical center like CWRU since some veterans are wary of seeking mental health help at a VA facility.
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July 19, 2010
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) today announced he will support a new bill that could prevent Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes and Lake Erie.
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July 8, 2010
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) today announced that the American Nurses Association (ANA) is backing a safe nursing bill he recently introduced with U.S. Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA).
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June 30, 2010
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH0 today blasted the proposed Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, saying it makes the Wall Street bailout permanent, fails to address the failures of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, does little to avert another financial meltdown, rewards banks that are too big to fail and punishes responsible community banks and credit unions.
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January 22, 2010
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette spent an hour on the House Floor yesterday discussing the health care issue, and lamented that more than a year into his presidency President Obama has not nominated anyone to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which will administer large portions of both the House- and Senate-passed versions of health care and will be responsible for finding half a trillion dollars in savings from Medicare.
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