{"id":57995,"date":"2014-11-21T07:42:39","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T12:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=57995"},"modified":"2014-11-21T07:42:39","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T12:42:39","slug":"latta-applauds-stela-reauthorization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2014\/11\/21\/latta-applauds-stela-reauthorization\/","title":{"rendered":"Latta applauds STELA reauthorization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>U.S. House of Representatives information<\/i><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013\u00a0U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Ohio), who is vice chairman of the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee, has released the following statement applauding the U.S. Senate\u2019s passage of H.R. 5728, the STELA Reauthorization Act.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33253\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Latta-Bob-8-2012.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33253 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"U.S. Rep. Bob Latta\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Latta-Bob-8-2012.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Rep. Bob Latta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI am pleased to see the bipartisan and bicameral effort that took place to bring forth this must-pass legislation,\u201d said Latta. \u201cWhile ensuring broadcast programming for more than 1.5 million satellite television subscribers, STELAR also underscores our commitment to ensuring that our communications laws maximize the potential for investment, innovation and consumer choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am especially pleased that this bill incorporated a bipartisan and pro-consumer provision to eliminate the current set-top box integration ban, similar to legislation I sponsored in the U.S. House with Congressman Gene Green. Repealing this outdated technological mandate will foster greater investment and innovation in the set-top box market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSTELAR\u2019s passage in the U.S. Senate demonstrates how our two chambers can work together to pass meaningful policies. I urge the President to swiftly sign this bill into law, so these critical measures can take effect.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. House of Representatives information WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013\u00a0U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Ohio), who is vice chairman of the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee, has released the following statement applauding the U.S. Senate\u2019s passage of H.R. 5728, the STELA Reauthorization Act. \u201cI am pleased to see the bipartisan and bicameral effort that took place to bring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 05:21:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}