Tom Latham

Do they not have to write new rules and go through the whole process?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I think that President Bush was poorly served by some bean counters when they came in at $256 billion over 6 years, which was clearly inadequate.

What solutions do you have for the trust funds? Is the concept obsolete?

I don't think we ever get the genie back in the bottle again.

I look forward to working with you in the months ahead, and want to make sure that we help usher the transformation of our national airspace system in the most expeditious and effective way possible.

I was interested in testimony earlier about the new programs that are brought forth in the stimulus package.

allow State and local law enforcement agencies to enter into voluntary agreements with the Justice Department to give them the authority to seek, apprehend and detain those illegal aliens who are subject to an order of deportation.

I just want folks to step back for just a second here. You know, last year at the end of the year we spent $700 billion on the TARP. Who knows if it has had any effect. No one knows for sure. This Tuesday, the Secretary of the Treasury…

like many people, I have had a chance to at least look briefly at this bill. I have grave concerns about what it is going to do. We are spending more than $1 trillion in a hurried-up fashion here with very little oversight and with no…

The committee and its leadership and this institution have a long history of working together to find consensus solutions for the tragedies that befall Americans. The people of Iowa and the Midwest are watching us and waiting for a helping…

I rise today to express shock in the way this spending bill has been written and dumped into our laps, sight unseen, except by a few members of the Democratic Leadership. This supplemental bill has been crafted without the input of rank…

I rise to commend the Agriculture Sub- committee Chairwoman, Ms. DeLauro, and the ranking Republican, Mr. Kingston. They have done a commendable job in putting this measure together in this first year in their respective positions. All…

Many servicemembers who are single parents rely upon grandparents or other caretakers to care for their children while they are deployed. If the servicemember is tragically killed in action, these caretakers are left without access to the…

I thank very much Congressman King for the time. It is very difficult for me to talk about someone that I admired so much as Wiley Mayne, the idea of him having passed this earth. Wiley was born back in 1917. He passed away on May 27 of…

Well, the intent of the law originally was fine, except there was just an oversight, I believe, in that they didn't take into consideration these types of situations.

I rise today to share everyone's frustration with the mistakes that have been made in Iraq, and the fact that progress has not been made as fast as we would all have liked. I would say, though, before you cast your vote on this resolution…

I just want to tell one short story about Charlie. When we came into Congress together back in 1994 and we had the Contract With America, the first 100 days, one of the very first votes that we had was H.R. 1. That was an amendment to the…

I rise today in tepid support of H.R. 5, the College Student Relief Act. As a result of this measure, approximately 55,000 subsidized Stafford loan borrowers in Iowa, many of whom attend Iowa State University and other colleges in my…

H.R. 6427 has no budgetary impact at all. This bill would raise from 5 percent to 15 percent the percentage of patent royalties that can be retained by the government-owned, contractor-operated labs and universities and nonprofits with…

Dr. Norman Borlaug truly is an American superhero and really not that many people have heard of him because he has worked very quietly behind the scenes. He has done great things but he is someone who does not seek recognition. His…

Each year approximately 1 million pregnancies in the United States end in miscarriage, stillbirth or the death of a newborn baby. Most Americans are not aware of this startling statistic, because many of those affected grieve in silence…

I want to thank Chairman Hobson for the great work that he has done and the ranking member, Mr. Visclosky, just a great friend. You two guys fighting over who is going to give me a minute shows me how bipartisan we are here and all the…

I think it is fascinating the way this amendment reads. None of the funds made available in this act may be used to fund dairy education in Iowa. Now, I don't know whether that means, apparently, it is okay to educate people about dairy in…

on rollcall No. 92. I was inadvertently detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' ____________________