Rep. Thomas Latham

Republican  •  4th District, Iowa  •  8th Term  •  Sworn In 1995
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 87%
  • Abstains: 1%

11/09/09
Iowans Split Over Health Care Vote

Representative Tom Latham agrees that the current health care system needs to be fixed, just not in the way the bill envisions. "There's all kinds of things ...

Source: KCCI.com
11/08/09
RE: Thomas Latham

Iowa Congressmen Steve King and Tom Latham were on the front line on Capitol Hill, trying to thwart the attempted takeover of our healthcare industry. ...

Source: Examiner.com
11/06/09
US Rep. Latham: Hosts library's education outreach director

WASHINGTON, DC – Iowa Congressman Tom Latham leads a discussion on the wide range of resources available at the Library of Congress during the latest ...

Source: IowaPolitics.com (press release)
11/04/09
US Rep. Latham: Latham floor speech on health care costs

WASHINGTON, DC – Iowa Congressman Tom Latham addressed the US House of Representatives on Tuesday to call for health care reform that reduces costs for ...

Source: IowaPolitics.com (press release)
11/03/09
Most Iowa congressional districts lean to 1 party

Despite that small Democratic advantage in the 4th, Republican Tom Latham represents the district. And in all the districts, incumbents face large numbers ...

Source: KTIV
11/03/09
US Rep. Loebsack: Urges FEMA to waive rent for temporary housing program

The letter was written by Congressman Dave Loebsack, Senator Chuck Grassley, Senator Tom Harkin, Congressman Tom Latham, Congressman Leonard Boswell, ...

Source: IowaPolitics.com (press release)
11/02/09
US Rep. Latham: Latham Report: Stimulus failing to have promised impact

By Iowa Congressman Tom Latham Iowa's 4th Congressional District More than eight months after its enactment, the effects of the economic stimulus bill have ...

Source: IowaPolitics.com (press release)
10/30/09
DCCC: TRICK OR TREAT - Representative Latham: Where's your health reform bill?

... leadership broke their promise to release a health reform alternative, and Representative Tom Latham has yet to offer a meaningful alternative. ...

Source: IowaPolitics.com (press release)
10/30/09
Cattlemen's Capitol Concerns: Death Tax, Livestock Scale Inspection

An amendment by Rep. Tom Latham (R-Iowa) deletes EPA funding for the implementation of any rule requiring mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions ...

Source: CattleNetwork.com
10/30/09
When A Constituent Calls, Congress Mails

Leonard Boswell and Tom Latham. Both offices took her name and home address without answering her question. The staffers said they would send letters ...

Source: KCCI.com
10/29/09
When A Constituent Calls, Who Answers?

Leonard Boswell and Tom Latham to ask questions about health care reform. Her final call was to Des Moines School Board President Connie Boesen, ...

Source: KCCI.com
10/29/09
Cattle Update: EPA Greenhouse Gas Registry Delayed

Amendment by Rep. Tom Latham (R-Iowa) which provides a one-year delay in the implementation of any rule that requires mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas ...

Source: CattleNetwork.com
10/28/09
US Rep. Latham: Latham defends Medicare from billions of cuts

WASHINGTON, DC – Iowa Congressman Tom Latham defended Medicare from massive funding cuts as a result of some proposed health care reform measures during a ...

Source: IowaPolitics.com (press release)
10/27/09
Iowa politicians' PAC spending on luxury trips draws scrutiny

Iowa Democrats have been quick to criticize money spent by Republican US Rep. Tom Latham's leadership political action committee for fundraising events at ...

Source: Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
10/27/09
RE: Thomas Latham

But Rep. Tom Latham (R-Iowa), a hog industry ally who led the House opposition to the EPA reporting requirements, told POLITICO that Obey created an opening ...

Source: Politico
10/25/09
CQ Politics: Boswell, Latham 'safe' for 2010

Leonard Boswell and Tom Latham can breathe a little easier. Boswell might be vulnerable to a strong Republican challenger, they note, but the results from ...

Source: Iowa Independent
10/24/09
Leadership PACs give politicians access to ready cash

This year, Iowa Democrats have been quick to pounce on money spent by Republican US Rep. Tom Latham's leadership political action committee for fundraising ...

Source: Mason City Globe Gazette
10/22/09
LATHAM REPORT: GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF HEALTH CARE WILL HURT IOWA SMALL ...

In the flurry of debate and news coverage coming out of Washington right now, two trends are indisputable: unemployment is ...

Source: Trading Markets (press release)
10/22/09
Advocates for high-speed rail lobby for more after $8 billion in stimulus

...members have shown bipartisan support for high-speed rail funding. In July, they defeated an amendment sponsored by Rep. Tom Latham (R-Iowa) to cut the funding for high-speed rail projects to $1 billion, the amount originally requested in President Bara

Source: The Hill
10/21/09
Lathams oil bonanza would last 7 months

...Rep. Tom Latham is guilty of perpetuating a myth/hoax that has been circulating on the Internet in various forms for several months. As the guest on Iowa Press Oct. 11, he stated that we have three times the oil reserves as the entire Middle East. These

10/21/09
Latham's oil bonanza would last 7 months

US Rep. Tom Latham is guilty of perpetuating a myth/hoax that has been circulating on the Internet in various forms for several months. ...

Source: DesMoinesRegister.com
10/16/09
Denklau promises 'common sense' policies for Iowa

“For the broad view, you can look at what Congressman (Tom) Latham (4th District in Iowa) has done. Look at the number of bills and amendments he has passed ...

Source: SW Iowa News
10/15/09
Iowa Delegation: Urges disaster relief reform

... to efforts to help Iowa recover from the devastating floods of 2008,” noted Congressman Tom Latham, the ranking Republican on the THUD Subcommittee. ...

Source: IowaPolitics.com (press release)
10/13/09
Bennie Thompson against Wicker's measure to allow checked guns on trains

... a Massachusetts Democrat who heads the transportation appropriations subcommittee, and Tom Latham of Iowa, the subcommittee's ranking Republican.

Source: Yall Politics (blog)
10/12/09
IA-05, IA-01: King and Braley draw challengers

To my knowledge, Republican Tom Latham (IA-04) is Iowa's only incumbent in Congress with no likely challenger yet. Steve Rathje and probably Mariannette ...

Source: Swing State Project
10/12/09
Frew makes mark as Culver's chief of staff

Rep. Tom Latham, on Iowa Press Friday, defended his use of leadership PAC money. He's come under fire for using the fund to pay for trips. ...

Source: DesMoinesRegister.com
10/10/09
Latham health care survey shows voters are dissatisfied, but like existing ...

US Rep. Tom Latham's health care poll shows that while most people aren't satisfied with the state of health care in the US, ...

Source: Ames Tribune
10/10/09
House leaders decry measure allowing checked guns on Amtrak

... a Massachusetts Democrat who heads the transportation appropriations subcommittee, and Tom Latham of Iowa, the subcommittee's ranking Republican.

Source: Chicago Daily Herald
10/09/09
D.C. Children, Members of Congress Try to Break Reading Record

...volunteer coordinator of the Child Development Center at UDC. "I have nieces and nephews who prepared me for this." Rep. Tom Latham, R-Iowa, whose adult daughter struggled to read when she was younger, agreed that the key to successful reading is to eng

10/09/09
Latham says Democrats will face backlash in 2010

Tom Latham, R-Iowa, said Friday. "People are so frustrated over what they see in Washington today," said Latham, a seven-term representative from Iowa's 4th ...

Source: Sioux City Journal

Official website: http://www.tomlatham.house.gov
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2447 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-5476
Fax: 202-225-3301

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