Rep. Todd Tiahrt

Republican  •  4th District, Kansas  •  8th Term  •  Sworn In 1995
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 92%
  • Abstains: 3%

11/07/09
Opinion Line (Nov. 7)

...get off public assistance, and become productive members of society so that I don't have to continue to support you. Rep. Todd Tiahrt does not want anyone to "have to go to a public official to get health care." Doesn't he mind people having to go to a

Source: Kansas.com
11/06/09
Kansas senators are millionaires

...$718,509 * No. 336: Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Lenexa, $506,509 * No. 435: Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Topeka, $186,506 * No. 470: Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Goddard, $105,007. Brownback and his wife, Mary Stauffer Brownback, a member of a family that once owned a media co

Source: HutchNews.com
11/06/09
Ashcroft endorses Tiahrt

...Senator and U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft has endorsed U.S. Rep. Todd Tiahrt in his bid for the U.S. Senate, Tiahrt's office announced Thursday. "Todd Tiahrt is a principled fiscal and social conservative who understands what it takes to keep this

Source: CJOnline
11/04/09
Kan., Wash. back Boeing for tanker contract

...the Washington Council on Aerospace to develop a strategy and with Boeing officials to learn what other steps could be taken. Rep. Todd Tiahrt, who represents Kansas' 4th District in the U.S. House, joined 38 Boeing supporters in Congress in sending a l

Source: Miami Herald
11/04/09
Kan., Wash. back Boeing for tanker contract

...Washington Council on Aerospace to develop a strategy and with Boeing officials to learn what other steps could be taken. Rep. Todd Tiahrt, who represents Kansas' 4th District in the U.S. House, joined 38 Boeing supporters in Congress in sending a lette

11/04/09
Kan., Wash. back Boeing for tanker contract

...Council on Aerospace to develop a strategy and with Boeing officials to learn what other steps could be taken. Rep. Todd Tiahrt, who represents Kansas' 4th District in the U.S. House, joined 38 Boeing supporters in Congress in sending a letter to Presid

11/04/09
WAGLE WON'T RUN FOR TIAHRT'S SEAT, BACKS POMPEO

...and a former CEO of Thayer Aerospace. Five candidates are seeking the Republican nomination for the seat now held by Rep. Todd Tiahrt, who is running for U.S. Senate: Pompeo, Kelsey, Schodorf and businessmen Jim Anderson and Wink Hartman. State Rep. Raj

Source: Kansas.com
11/03/09
Opinion Line Extra (Nov. 3)

...happens when the people who can't pay for their life necessities outnumber the ones who can? So it got leaked — Rep. Todd Tiahrt is being investigated for ethics violations. And he wants to be our senator. My neighbor just got arrested for indecent ex

Source: Kansas.com
11/03/09
Statehouse Live: Tiahrt compares Democratic Party to communism, report says

...In a talk given at Pittsburg State University on Monday, U.S. Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Goddard, used the terms “communism” and “socialism” to describe the Democratic Party, according to the Pittsburg Morning Sun. Tiahrt faces U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran, R

11/03/09
Kan., Wash. back Boeing for tanker contract

...Council on Aerospace to develop a strategy and with Boeing officials to learn what other steps could be taken. Rep. Todd Tiahrt, who represents Kansas' 4th District in the U.S. House, joined 38 Boeing supporters in Congress in sending a letter to Presid

11/03/09
Analysts: Ethics probe won't imperil Defense earmarks

...Young, R-Fla., as well as Reps. Peter Visclosky, D-Ind.; James Moran, D-Va.; Norman Dicks, D-Wash.; Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio; and Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan. The Office of Congressional Ethics, according to the Post, is examining whether members secured earmarks be

Source: GovExec.com
11/02/09
Obama urged to factor WTO issue into tanker contest

...viable," it said. "Airbus should have been disqualified from competing for the tanker contract from the start," said Rep. Todd Tiahrt, a Kansas Republican. "If the Air Force insists on allowing them to compete, then they should ensure a fair and level p

11/02/09
Pentagon: WTO dispute not relevant to Air Force tanker contest

...tanker bid. "Airbus should have been disqualified from competing for the tanker contract from the start," said U.S. Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan. "If the Air Force insists on allowing them to compete, then they should ensure a fair and level playing field b

11/02/09
Mainstream Media Ignore Democrats' Ethics Probes

...who has taken in more than $1.3 million. Two Republicans are also being checked into, Reps. C.W. "Bill" Young of Florida and Todd Tiahrt of Kansas. On the day the story broke, all three network morning shows conveniently chose to ignore it. Meanwhile,

Source: NewsMax
11/01/09
Political Notebook

...Moran, who described Coburn as a "conservative leader'' on issues such as spending. Last week, Sen. Jim Inhofe endorsed Rep. Todd Tiahrt, who described Inhofe as a "conservative champion'' and cited his opposition to climate change legislation. And can

Source: Tulsa World
11/01/09
Northrop charges that tanker bidding skewed toward Boeing

...not to bid. Northrop-EADS won that competition, but the Government Accountability Office overturned the award. Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan., charged that it's all part of a Northrop-EADS public relations campaign. "They are repeating what they did last time

Source: Miami Herald
10/31/09
Tiahrt Doesn't Think Ethic Panel Is Looking at Him

...CITY, Mo. -- Kansas Rep. Todd Tiahrt said he has "no reason to believe we are subject to a House Ethics Committee investigation." Tiahrt was named in a Washington Post news story as one of several members of congress who may be the subject of a probe. T

10/31/09
A breach of ethics

...Group. Inclusion on the ethics panel's list already was turning into political fodder in some states, like Kansas, where Rep. Todd Tiahrt, a Republican, is running for the Senate. His Republican primary opponent on Friday sent out an e-mail message acro

10/31/09
Names in House probe leaked

...The disclosure shows that the secret ethics probe is wider than originally believed. Among the names listed was Rep. Todd Tiahrt of Kansas, a Wichita Republican and a 2010 U.S. Senate candidate. Tiahrt, a member of a powerful subcommittee that controls

10/30/09
Rep. Norm Dicks under scrutiny by ethics investigators over relationship with PMA Group

...Visclosky (D-Ind.), James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.), Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) , C.W. Bill Young (R-Fla.) and Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.). Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Bremerton, is among seven members of the House defense appropriations subcommittee und

10/30/09
Seven members of House defense subcommittee scrutinized by ethics investigators

...(D-Ind.), James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.), Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) , C.W. Bill Young (R-Fla.) and Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.). The document also indicates that the House ethics committee staff recently interviewed the staff of Rep. Devin Nunes (

10/30/09
Seven members of House defense subcommittee scrutinized by ethics investigators

...Visclosky (D-Ind.), James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.), Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) , C.W. Bill Young (R-Fla.) and Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.). The document also indicates that the House ethics committee staff recently interviewed the staff of Rep. Dev

10/30/09
Ethics panel starts probes of 2 Dems, gets hacked

...said others whose names were in the report included Reps. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, C.W. Bill Young, R-Fla., and Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan. The committee, however, has not announced an investigation of any of these lawmakers. Waters is the No.

Source: Miami Herald
10/30/09
More GOP Backing for Hoffman’s Third-Party House Bid in New York

...from Kansas, who is one of several candidates running for the seat in the Wichita-based 4th District that Republican Rep. Todd Tiahrt left open to run next year for the Senate. Rep. Jerry Moran of Kansas’ 1st District, Tiahrt’s primary rival for the

Source: CQ Politics
10/30/09
Lawmakers face ethics probe - Fri, 30 Oct 2009 PST

...Visclosky, D-Ind., James P. Moran Jr., D-Va., Norm Dicks, D-Wash., Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, C.W. Bill Young, R-Fla., and Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan. The document also indicates that the House ethics committee staff recently interviewed the staff of Rep. Devin Nun

10/30/09
Congressional defense appropriations panel rocked by ethics probe

...Lofgren said. Also named were: Reps. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), Marcy Kaptur, (D-Ohio), C.W. (Bill) Young (R-Fla.), and Todd Tiahrt, (R-Kan.). The committee has not issued a formal announcement that they are under investigation. The committee, which announce

10/30/09
'Post': Dozens of House members under ethics inquiry -

...Peter J. Visclosky, D-Ind.,  James P. Moran Jr. , D-Va., Norm Dicks, D-Wash.,  Marcy Kaptur D-Ohio ,  Bill Young, R-Fla., and  Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan. Update at 10:59 a.m. ET:  "I am confident that as the investigation moves forward the panel will dis

Source: USA Today
10/30/09
Kansans in U.S. House cool to health plan

...out of the process. “Instead of a fresh proposal, we got an additional 1,000 pages of government intrusion,” said Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Goddard. The bill includes a version backed by moderates of a public health insurance option that allows doctors, h

10/30/09
House members under ethics scrutiny

...D-Pa., Jim Moran, D-Va., Peter Visclosky, D-Ind., Norm Dicks, D-Wash.; Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, C.W. Bill Young, R-Fla., Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan., receiving contributions from recipients of their government funding earmarks and a lobbying company representing t

Source: Miami Herald
10/28/09
2009/2010: Crist ducks Obama visit

...the leadership by endorsing Doug Hoffman’s third-party campaign in the New York special election, following the lead of Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), who announced his support for Hoffman on Friday. Other national conservative GOP leaders, such as former

Source: MSNBC

Official website: http://tiahrt.house.gov/
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2441 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-6216
Fax: 202-225-3489

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