FILE – In this Tuesday, July 21, 2020, file photo, then-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder leaves the
federal courthouse after an initial hearing following charges against him and four others alleging a $60
million bribery scheme in Columbus, Ohio. On Thursday, March 4, 2021, Householder joined the line of GOP
critics of Ohio’s anti-coronavirus efforts by introducing his own pair of bills to trim public health
officials’ powers during the pandemic.