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EARTH DAY 2008
Celebrating Iowa's Progress
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 HONORING
ONE OF IOWA'S AMERICAN HEROES - Iowa Congressman Tom
Latham presented Korean War veteran Harold
Wachter, of Milo, with his Purple Heart,
Korean Service Medal, and the Army's Good Conduct Medal
today in a ceremony at the American Legion Post in
Indianola. (MORE)
 SUPPORTING
AN INCREASE IN VETERAN EDUCATION BENEFITS -
Iowa Congressman Tom Latham announced this week that he has
signed on as an original co-sponsor to bi-partisan
legislation in the United States Congress which completely
overhauls the nation’s G.I. Bill education benefits. The
Post 9/11 Veterans’ Educational Assistance Act modernizes
and increases the benefits available to veterans to address
the reality of rising tuition costs and increased deployment
of the National Guard and Reserve units. (MORE)
FREEDOM FROM TAXES - IOWA TAX FREEDOM DAY 2008 -
Many people are unaware of Tax Freedom Day, but it's an
important date to know. Tax Freedom Day marks the first day
in the year when Americans no longer work to pay for their
local, state, and federal government tax burden… and begin
to work to pay for their own needs. (MORE)
Evan
Johnson, Iowa’s Congressional Page
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High school junior Evan
Johnson, from Ames, Iowa, is getting a very different kind
of education these days. Rather than learning about the
political process at home or in a classroom, he’s learning
about it from inside the United States House of
Representatives in Washington, D.C. Evan is one of only a
few high school juniors in the entire country who have been
given the honor of an appointment to the Congressional Page
Program. (MORE)
IOWA
NURSING CONGRESSIONAL ROUNDTABLES ANNOUNCED -
Iowa Congressman
Tom Latham released the schedule of the first round of
nursing roundtable discussions. The roundtables are an
opportunity for Congressman Latham to gather insight and
comments from Iowa’s nursing community to address the
growing nursing crisis. Iowa is currently facing a severe
nursing shortage. According to the Iowa Department of Public
Health, Iowa is currently dealing with an eight percent
shortage of nurses, which could grow into a 27 percent
shortage if nothing is done to address the issue. (MORE)
A
RISKY CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROPOSAL DURING TIMES OF ECONOMIC
UNCERTAINTY -
Recently, the
Democrat leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives,
for the second year in a row, set yet another record with a
budget that includes a $683 billion dollar tax increase…
that is, $283 billion more than last year’s record setting
tax increase of $400 billion, on American families. (MORE)
Sweeping
Earmark Reform Measure Fails In U.S. House Vote
- The U.S.
House of Representatives recently failed to pass a sweeping
earmark reform measure. The vote on the Republican
sponsored measure fell primarily upon party lines, with only
seven Democrats voting for the measure which would have put
in place a monumental moratorium on Congressional earmarks
while also creating a Joint Committee on Earmark Reform. (MORE)
LATHAM PROTECTS FUNDS FOR LOW-INCOME & SENIOR IOWAN
HEATING ASSISTANCE - Congressman Latham voted
against legislation advanced by Congressional leaders which
slashes $250 million in LIHEAP funding and $23 million cut
in IDEA special education funding. (MORE)
LATHAM
LEADS NATIONAL EFFORT
AGAINST REWARDING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WITH DRIVERS' LICENSES
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Congressman Latham introduced
legislation on November 6th which reinforces the belief that
“states should not issue drivers’ licenses or other
government-issued photo identification to illegal aliens.”
The bill follows a groundswell of national public outrage
over the announcement by the Governor of the State of New
York to join at least three other states in allowing illegal
immigrants to the United States to obtain state drivers’
licenses. (MORE)
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E-Mail:
tom.latham@mail.house.gov
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Washington, DC 20515
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East - P.O. Box 532
Clear Lake, Iowa 50428
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OFFICE:
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