Home • News

News List

  • The Latham Report: Curbing Washington's Addiction To Debt
    Dec 13, 2007  - A famous author once referred to debt as the single worst four-letter word in the English language. Iowa families know that when a person or family incurs a significant amount of financial debt, it limits future independence and the ability to make good choices affecting their lives. Unfortunately,... More
  • Iowans Asked To Remember Troops This Holiday Season
    Dec 7, 2007  - Washington, DC—Iowa Congressman Tom Latham asked Iowans to remember members of the U.S. Armed Forces with a message of thanks this holiday season, especially those wounded soldiers recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Bethesda Naval Hospital, located near the U.S. Capitol in Washington,... More
  • U.S. House Approves Costly Energy Bill
    Dec 6, 2007  - Washington, DC — Iowa Congressman Tom Latham voted today to protect Iowans from misguided energy legislation considered in the United States House of Representatives. Latham expressed his concern with the legislation while also encouraging House leaders to offer real energy solutions and savings ins... More
  • The Latham Report: Iowa Seniors Take Note—The Medicare Open Enrollment Period For Prescription Drug Plan Has Begun
    Dec 6, 2007  - Iowa seniors have until the end of December 2007 to enroll in a Medicare prescription drug plan, and I’d like to take this opportunity to strongly encourage seniors to consider enrolling in a plan to save money on prescription drugs. The Medicare annual open enrollment period for the prescript... More
  • Iowa Student Learning About Capitol Hill From An Insider’s Point Of View
    Nov 19, 2007  - Washington, DC—Mason City native Katherine Polking has been learning about the United States Congress from the inside since September. Polking chose to spend her fall semester working as an intern in the Washington, DC office of Iowa Congressman Tom Latham.   Polking has taken on responsibilities ... More
  • The Latham Report: Giving Thanks For Our Blessings
    Nov 19, 2007  - In the autumn of 1620, the Mayflower set sail from London with 103 pilgrims aboard. After arriving in the Americas, they endured a winter of disease—a deadly combination of scurvy, pneumonia, and tuberculosis. When it was over, they were down to just 53. Those who remained landed the following spri... More
  • Algona Native Hired As Legislative Aide
    Nov 19, 2007  - Washington, DC—Iowa Congressman Tom Latham recently announced the addition of Algona native Emily Clark to his Washington, DC staff as a legislative correspondent.   “Emily serves as an integral part of my staff, assisting me in handling correspondence from Iowans on a wide range of issues,” said ... More
  • The Latham Report: Congressional Inaction Means Big Tax Hit On Middle Class Iowans' Bank Accounts
    Nov 15, 2007  - Tax time is still months away, but Congressional inaction on an important tax issue will be very costly to hundreds of thousands of middle class Iowa families. The Alternative Minimum Tax, or AMT, was added to the American tax code by Congress 38 years ago. It was designed to ensure that the wealth... More
  • Cuts In Home Energy Assistance Funds Places Low-Income & Elderly Iowans At Risk
    Nov 12, 2007  - Washington, DC — Congressional Democrats advanced legislation this past week which slashed $250 million, or 37%, of funding, in emergency contingency funds for an important low-income & elderly home energy assistance program. The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, more popularly known as... More
  • The Latham Report: Honoring And Remembering America's Veterans
    Nov 8, 2007  - Each year in America we set aside the eleventh day of the eleventh month to observe the sacrifices that the men and women of our Armed Forces have made to protect the principle of freedom. It is a solemn tradition and a moral obligation for our nation to pause and honor yesterday’s service members,... More