Tom Latham

as everyone knows, we are starting March Madness, and there is something exceptional happening in the State of Iowa. I want to congratulate the Drake Women's Basketball team for making the tournament, but what is really happening in Iowa…

This is a supply and demand situation, where if they buy them individually, the cost is so much higher. I think that is one of the reasons we have to look at some of the plans that are out there, and look at the hard and real facts of what…

I rise in support of the agriculture appropriations conference agreement. This agreement will keep America's family farms afloat, fund critical research and protect the environment in some of our most fragile regions. Furthermore, this…

Mr. Chairman, this debate really, let me assure my colleagues, is not about the attributes of the volunteers at home who do good work, I believe, for their clients who need their assistance. This debate is all about integrity. This debate…

I do not think this would be as much of an issue if we did not use embargoes like we have in this recent administration, and talk about sanctions, they are embargoes. No one likes to use that term because in agriculture that has real…

I would agree with the frustration we have with the other body as far as trying to get all of these very important provisions moved. I would just say that this is an area where there is absolute consensus with everyone. This needs to be…

Mr. Chairman, I am sure the gentleman is aware that the offsets in this are ones that he proposed. The ones he is referring to really are not germane to the amendment at hand. I would like to have everyone know that this is fully offset…

I just come to the floor to say thank you to a real gentleman, Bob Livingston, to say thank you for his honesty and integrity, someone that I admire very, very much and, last of all, to say thank you for the opportunity that Bob Livingston…

Mr. Speaker, on January 6, I introduced H.R. 169 in an effort to level the playing field for embattled American pork producers. I think the Speaker is acutely aware of the problems that pork producers have experienced in recent months with…

I quote: ``Do you solemnly swear in the testimony you are about to give that it will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?'' Mr. Speaker, that is the oath President Clinton took before his August 17th…

I would like to address the actions that the administration has taken in their budget proposal this year with the farm crisis going on. I spoke yesterday about the $573 million tax increase that they propose to put on our livestock farmers…

That simply is not the case. I think anyone who is sworn to uphold the Constitution should maybe read it.

The European Union is a critical market for U.S. agriculture. U.S. agriculture exports to the European communities were 10.5 billion in 1997, and imports from the EU to the U.S. totaled about 7.5 billion. However, the fact remains, the EU…

I have heard a lot from home about the problems we have in farm country, the disasters we have. I just want to say that I think this will help a great deal to get us through an immediate crisis, but if we have a disaster, I want to state…

as the chairman knows, my district in northwest Iowa, like many areas throughout rural America, finds itself underserved when it comes to health care. This is particularly true concerning area veterans. My district, which covers one-third…

I would not disagree with the gentleman, but the fact of the matter is, with the decision being made next Monday, the time sensitive nature of that situation, I am very much appreciative of the fact that the gentleman from Indiana (Mr…

I serve on the Speaker's drug task force. Anyone who has looked for a moment about drug usage with children and how they start, there are two key components: Number one, the risk, the risk of what is going to happen to them. They are going…

I rise today to honor two fallen heroes from Albert City, Iowa. Tom Archer and Larry Walsh, both volunteer firefighters with the Albert City Fire Department, were taken from us in the line of duty on April 9. They were fighting a propane…

I quote: Do you solemnly swear in the testimony you are about to give that it will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?'' Mr

I guess being in the soybean business, we do count a few beans there. But I think we have to look at what this debate really is all about. We are talking about the census, but really what it gets down to is money and power. It really gets…

I wanted to obviously stand here in support of the Balanced Budget Act and the provisions as far as the taxes. But one thing that is very, very important to the State of Iowa and all rural parts of this country is the reimbursement changes…

I spoke the other evening on this subject, and there is a lot been made about the WIC program and caring for women, infants and children. There is plenty of money already in the bill for that, more than what is needed as far as the…

Mr. Chairman, this is a bipartisan Congress, and today we are considering the budget framework that will put our Nation's finances in order by the year 2002. Republicans and Democrats alike have often stated this goal. Today we all have an…

I too would like to rise this evening to pay tribute to my colleague from Iowa, Jim Ross Lightfoot. I came here less than 2 years ago now. As a freshman Member, I looked to certain individuals for leadership, for advice, for counsel. Jim…

And I appreciate the gentlewoman's response. She is aware that like a corn farmer in Ohio would get about $30 an acre and they probably would not even cover the property taxes, and farmers are farmers because they want to produce. I really…