Press Releases
September 26, 2012
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (OH-14) today announced that the Lake County Sheriff's Department has been selected to receive additional funding beyond the $111 million provided to law enforcement agencies nationwide. Only about a dozen departments across the country were selected for the additional funding, he said
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September 24, 2012
U.S. Rep. Steven C LaTourette (OH-14) today announced that his office will host an annual Military Academy Information Day on Saturday, Sept. 29.
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September 13, 2012
U.S. Rep. Steven C LaTourette (OH-14) said that U.S. EPA is expected to award two Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants at Great Lakes Week in Cleveland.
The two recipients are: Chagrin River Watershed Partners Inc. and Ohio EPA.
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September 13, 2012
U.S. Rep. Steven C LaTourette (OH-14) today announced the Cuyahoga County Airport will be the recipient of a $761,665 federal grant from the FAA for an environmental assessment to evaluate environmental issues related to a proposed runway (6-24) safety area and improvement project.
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September 11, 2012
U.S. Rep. Steven C LaTourette (OH-14) said more than 300 public and private schools have been named 2012 National Blue Ribbon Schools. A total of four are are from Ohio, including Holy Family School in Stow.
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August 6, 2012
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) says Ashtabula County will receive more than $3.3 million from U.S. DOT's Interstate Maintenance Program.
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August 2, 2012
Congressmen Robert J. Dold (R-IL-10), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL-3), Charles Bass (R-NH-2) and Steven LaTourette (R-OH-14) spoke at a bipartisan press conference on Aug. 2 to stress the importance of Congress coming together to address the looming fiscal cliff.
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July 13, 2012
The Concord Coalition is honoring 38 House members for their courage in voting for a bipartisan deficit reduction plan introduced by Reps. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) and Jim Cooper (D-TN).
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July 11, 2012
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) today voted to repeal the healthcare law. The measure passed by a vote of 244-185.
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July 2, 2012
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (OH-14) today announced that an amendment he offered to the Interior Appropriations bill will help to drive down cost of demolishing vacant/abandoned homes that decimated many communities and states thanks to the foreclosure crisis. LaTourette secured the amendment in a bill that funds the Interior and EPA spending bill last week.
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June 28, 2012
"The decision today should put to rest the notion that Chief Justice Roberts is a partisan rubber stamp. Today's decision, while disappointing, is an example of what the Founding Fathers envisioned as three independent branches of government. Now that the Supreme Court has ruled the bill is not unconstitutional, it is for the nation's elected leadership to determine if it is good policy," LaTourette said.
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May 16, 2012
Bainbridge postal operations and jobs will move about 2.3 miles down the road to the Chagrin Falls Post Office on June 15, 2012.
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March 27, 2012
U.S. Reps Steve LaTourette (OH-14) and Jim Cooper (TN-05) today announced that they have filed a federal budget alternative based on principles outlined last year by the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, co-chaired by former Sen. Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles.
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March 19, 2012
U.S. Reps. Steven C. LaTourette (OH-14) and Marcia Fudge (OH-11) today unveiled the Restore our Neighborhoods Act of 2012. The bipartisan legislation provides $4 billion for states and established land banks to issue 30-year demolition bonds to demolish vacant, foreclosed and abandoned homes across the country.
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February 28, 2012
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) today spoke on the House Floor about the tragic shootings at Chardon High School and asked the House of Representatives to join him in a moment of silence.
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February 1, 2012
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) today announced that Perry Joint Fire District will receive a $408,526 federal grant that will allow eight local departments to use a new station alerting system. In addition, the all-volunteer Trumbull Township Fire Department will receive $44,555 to purchase protective gear from head to toe for 20 firefighters.
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January 19, 2012
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) is encouraging public schools throughout NE Ohio to donate excess unused food to local food banks and pantries. A change in the law now gives public schools the same protections as restaurants and caterers that donate to food banks under the Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act.
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December 1, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) today said he's pleased the EPA is seeking to establish a national ballast water standard consistent with one already in place from the UN's International Maritime Organization (IMO). LaTourette said adoption of the IMO standard will not devastate waterborne commerce on the Great Lakes, as another proposal could.
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November 15, 2011
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and U.S. Rep. Steve LaTourette (OH-14) released the following statements today applauding the Senate-House conference bill that provides funding for NASA, including the Glenn Research Center and Plum Brook Station.
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November 4, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) today spoke in opposition to two amendments to a Coast Guard bill that he said would lead to the "destruction of jobs in the Great Lakes" and could devastate waterborne commerce on the Great Lakes.
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October 20, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the Department of Energy (DOE) reporting an increase in the price for most heating fuels this winter, Congressmen Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), John B. Larson (D-CT), and Peter Welch (D-VT) today sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) calling on the Department of Health and Human Services to immediately release as much LIHEAP funding as possible under the current continuing resolution which expires November 18, 2011.
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October 18, 2011
U.S. Reps. Steve LaTourette (R-OH) and Russ Carnahan (D-MO) have introduced legislation that would permit public transit agencies more flexibility in how they spend federal funds during tough economic times.
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October 13, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) today announced that he has spearheaded a letter to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood asking that he honor a September 2, 2011, decision to allow ODOT to use State Planning and Research Funds to study options for the Ohio Turnpike. The letter is signed by 10 Members of the Ohio Delegation.
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September 28, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) today announced that the Ashtabula County Sheriff's Department will receive $419,740 through the Fiscal Year 2011 COPS Hiring Program.
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September 23, 2011
Members of the bipartisan Super Committee are reaching out to congressional committees for input and ideas on how to reduce spending and the deficit, and the public is welcome to weigh in as well. All you need to is complete this form.
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August 17, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) today announced that Solon, Highland Heights and Twinsburg are included in Money Magazine's list of the top 100 small towns in the United States.
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August 3, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) today announced that a traveling Smithsonian program -- "New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music" -- will open on August 10 at the Kent State University Campus in Burton.
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August 3, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) today announced that Energy Focus Inc. of Solon has been awarded a $23,119,833 firm fixed-price contract to design and manufacture energy efficiency lighting for Navy ships.
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August 1, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) today released the following statement about House passage of the bill to cut spending and increase the debt ceiling.
"The overwhelming request by the people in NE Ohio who contacted me on this issue was that we work this problem out. National default was not an option, and finding the path forward was difficult," LaTourette said.
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July 28, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) today announced that the House of Representatives has approved an amendment he offered to add $50 million to Great Lakes funding in the spending bill that funds the Environmental Protection Agency.
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July 26, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) today announced that the U.S. Mint has produced a $1 coin bearing the image of the 20th President of the United States, James A. Garfield, and will unveil it at a special ceremony on November 17 at Lawnfield, Garfield's home in Mentor.
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July 18, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) today announced that an amendment he offered to help Great Lakes shippers was approved and is now in the House spending bill that funds the EPA and Great Lakes programs.
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June 30, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) today presented a Purple Heart and several other medals to Retired Army Sgt. David Hack, 71, of Hudson in a special ceremony at Hudson City Hall.
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June 29, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) today announced that the Cleveland Museum of Natural History has been awarded a grant from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect wetlands in Geneva.
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June 22, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) today released the following information regarding the status of funding for Assistance to Firefighter Grants (AFG), which provide equipment and training to departments, and SAFER grant funding, a hiring program for firefighters.
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June 15, 2011
More than 1,200 jobs could be added in Ashtabula by 2014 thanks to the designation of 5,400 acres as a new Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) project in the county.
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June 7, 2011
An amendment by U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) to restore funding for firefighter grants now moves to the Senate after it was overwhelmingly approved in the House.
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May 25, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) said he is thrilled that the Administration has scrapped plans to "grade" the fuel efficiency of vehicles from A+ to D, and hopes a letter he and U.S. Rep. Dale E. Kildee (D-MI) sent in December to the EPA and Department of Transportation helped sway officials that the grading system was confusing and unnecessary.
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May 24, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) is urging law enforcement agencies in NE Ohio to submit applications for grant funding under the COPS Hiring program.
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May 4, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) today is urging employers in NE Ohio to weigh in on certain employer provisions in the new health care law that start in 2014. The provisions may result in fines for businesses that provide coverage to their employees as well as to those who don't.
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May 2, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) today issued the following statement about the successful May 1, 2011, military raid in Pakistan that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden:
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April 14, 2011
U.S. Reps. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH), Pat Tiberi (R-OH) and Brian Higgins (D-NY) today introduced legislation that will exempt the Great Lakes from the onerous Harbor Maintenance Tax (HMT) that is thwarting efforts to establish a ferry that would move cargo across Lake Erie to Canada from a NE Ohio port.
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March 30, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) today was presented with a 2010 Legislative Leader award by the Humane Society of the United States and its affiliate, the Humane Society Legislative Fund.
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March 16, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) today announced that the Conneaut, Macedonia and Stow fire departments will receive federal grants.
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March 9, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) today announced that Morgan Hose Company Volunteer Fire Department in Rock Creek will receive a $64,118 federal grant.
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March 3, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) today voted to repeal a costly and cumbersome tax requirement in the new health care law that will create a compliance nightmare for small businesses.
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March 1, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) today voted for a continuing resolution to keep the federal government open and avert a government shutdown.
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February 23, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) today announced that four fire departments in his district will receive federal grants.
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February 23, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) today announced that constituents in his district might be eligible for free, tax preparation services through the IRS Free File program.
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February 14, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) says he hopes local small businesses will use a new feature on his congressional website to share their thoughts on how federal regulations impact their work.
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February 2, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) today announced that the Ashtabula Fire Department will receive an $86,885 federal grant.
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January 27, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) today announced that he has been named to new posts on the Appropriations Committee and at the Smithsonian Institution.
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January 26, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) today announced that three local fire departments will get federal grants to purchase equipment and hire firefighters.
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January 19, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) today voted for repeal of the new health care law with hopes that it will spur bipartisan cooperation to replace provisions and improve the law.
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January 12, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) today announced that three local fire departments will get federal grants for equipment.
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January 8, 2011
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) today issued the following statement about the shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ).
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December 9, 2010
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) and Rep. Dale E. Kildee (D-MI), Co-Chair of the Congressional Automotive Caucus, are urging the EPA and Department of Transportation to stick with fuel efficiency labels that highlight miles-per-gallon on stickers found on the windows of new vehicles.
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December 2, 2010
The House has passed a bill that could prevent Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes and Lake Erie. The Senate passed the bill on November 17. With House passage, it will be sent to the White House for the President’s signature.
The bill makes it a crime to import Asian carp into the U.S., just as it’s a crime to import zebra mussels, another invasive species.
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December 2, 2010
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) today voted against H.R. 4853, which extends some of the Bush-era tax cuts but raises taxes for others, saying it will harm Ohio small businesses.
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November 30, 2010
Need information about your Medicare Advantage plan options? This should help:
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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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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 14, 2010
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) says the EPA will soon decide whether to proceed in a formal rulemaking process to ban lead from tackle and sinkers used by the nation's 60 million recreational anglers.
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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 10, 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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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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