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  • ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS AWARDED TO 4TH DISTRICT REGIONAL COUNCILS
    May 15, 2009  - Iowa Congressman Tom Latham is pleased to announce that the U.S. Department of Commerce has made available a series of economic development grants for regional councils of governments throughout Iowa’s 4th Congressional District. Three grants for $64,840 and one for $51,000 will be awarded by the... More
  • LATHAM ANNOUNCES VA GRANT FOR IOWA VETERANS HOME
    Apr 28, 2009  - Iowa Congressman Tom Latham is pleased to announce that the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown will receive more than $29 million in federal funds for a building replacement project. “We have all benefitted from the service and sacrifice of veterans,” Congressman Latham said. “We owe them the bes... More
  • IOWA DELEGATION CONTINUES PUSH TO EASE COSTS OF DISASTER RECOVERY
    Mar 24, 2009  - Iowa Congressman Tom Latham is pleased to announce that Iowa’s congressional delegation wrote a letter on Tuesday to the President urging him to waive for 60 days the percentage of matching funds the state must contribute to qualify for federal disaster assistance concerning emergency protective mea... More
  • LATHAM AUTHORS BIPARTISAN SOLUTION TO NATION'S NURSING SHORTAGE
    Mar 12, 2009  - Iowa Congressman Tom Latham and Wisconsin Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin introduced a bill on Thursday that will ease the debt burden on nursing students and combat the current nursing shortage. The Nurses’ Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act would establish a federal student loan repayment progra... More
  • LATHAM URGES PRESIDENTIAL SUPPORT FOR INCREASED ETHANOL IN GASOLINE
    Mar 11, 2009  - Iowa Congressman Tom Latham has issued a call for the federal government to allow increased amounts of ethanol to be blended into gasoline, echoing a similar statement from Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack earlier in the week. Congressman Latham sent the following letter urging President Barack... More
  • LATHAM SECURES WIND ENERGY FUNDS FOR REVOLUTIONARY PRODUCTION PLANT PROJECT
    Feb 27, 2009  - Iowa Congressman Tom Latham continued his steadfast support of renewable energy by securing $1.4 million in federal funds for an Iowa based revolutionary wind energy production plant project that explores new methods of storing wind energy. “Projects like these will ensure that Iowa continues to le... More
  • TELEMEDICINE TECHNOLOGY ENSURES SAFER POST-NATAL CARE IN RURAL AREAS
    Feb 26, 2009  - The advent of new health technology will aid medical facilities and rural doctors in providing patients, women and their babies with the highest quality care through telemedicine technology.  The Newborn Monitoring Initiative, considered the first of its kind in the U.S., has been spearheaded by Gun... More
  • LATHAM CONTINUES SUPPORT OF CUTTING-EDGE PROGRAMS IN AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY AT IOWA STATE
    Feb 25, 2009  - Iowa Congressman Tom Latham has secured federal funding for a wide range of projects at Iowa State University that will benefit programs across the spectrum – from veterinary medicine and agriculture to forensic training and research. Latham, a senior member of the influential House Appropriations ... More
  • IOWA CONGRESSMAN TOM LATHAM RESPONDS TO PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS BEFORE CONGRESS
    Feb 24, 2009  - WASHINGTON, DC -- Iowa Congressman Tom Latham released the following statement in response to President Barack Obama's speech before Congress on Tuesday, February 24, 2009: “These are difficult times, and I know that too many Americans awaken each day with their hearts and minds burdened with deep ... More
  • Congressman Latham's Statement Opposing Trillion-Dollar “Stimulus” Bill
    Feb 13, 2009  - The following are the remarks of Congressman Tom Latham during debate of Economic Stimulus Measure considered by the U.S. House of Representatives today.                        “I want folks to step back from this debate for just a second here.  You know, at the end of last year we spent over $700... More