Tom Latham

As a farmer myself, I have some real concerns also with this provision in the appropriations bill and I would like to ask the gentlewoman, if a farmer maintains his land in agricultural use or conserving use, he will maintain his…

I am quite concerned about how this amendment would affect agriculture and agricultural exports. A few of the groups that support this legislation and oppose the amendment, the American Farm Bureau, the Blue Diamond Growers, National…

I say this does apply specifically to individuals who are violating a deportation order. It is very narrow, very specific.

I just want to reemphasize this is a voluntary program where the INS, on a voluntary basis, with local law enforcement, or the State, join in an agreement, and whatever controls or restrictions put in that agreement, it is up to that…

Under the CRP provision it is added as far as water conditions on the criteria. I want to know, is there an actual effect as far as moving acres out of the Midwest to the Northeast, or is there an intent, or will it have an effect in that…

I do not know how to explain to my farmers in Iowa who last year were devastated by floods in southern Iowa going down into northeast Missouri, what to tell those people, why a group of people, led by the leadership on the minority side…

One of the reasons that last year I ran for Congress as a farmer and a small business person myself was because of the sometimes outrageous regulations that are placed on farmers and small business people seeing the direct effect of what…

I really resent the idea too that somehow farmers are not conservationists, are not environmentalists. I tell you on our land, on our farm, we are the ones who have to make a living off of that land. We are the ones who are raising…

My district is made up of thousands of small businesses and farmers, and you are talking about putting somebody out of business. One thing that I heard time after time after time was ``thank you'' for doing something about the regulatory…

And it goes back, another subject that came up many times in my town meetings, and it goes back to the idea of local control again, is education. People are outraged today in the 5th district of Iowa that they want to put together…

I, like both of you, I think when I was back at my meetings, the balanced budget amendment was paramount. Very disappointed what happened in the Senate, encouraged by the idea that it will be brought up again and probably passed in the…

I have had questions asked me at every meeting on the same subject, at each of the 16 meetings, talking about the flat tax and a national sales tax. There are reservations about the flat tax, that maybe some group is going to get away a…

I personally, in my district in northwest Iowa, which is primarily agricultural, held 16 town meetings and attended four agricultural hearings. And, Mr. Speaker, I will tell you, the people in the Fifth Congressional District of Iowa are…

I pointed out at every town meeting that I had that the Contract With America was not passed just with the 53 percent in the House here that is Republican. On the average, in total, 78 percent of the Members of Congress supported items in…

That is an excellent point. There is no one more concerned about conservation, the environment, than these farmers that these regulations are just strangling today. These are the people who want to pass their land on to the next…

I think you have hit a fundamental point, and that is is the Government a servant to the people, or as it appears today, that role has reversed, and almost the people today are servants of the Government? It is wrong. The Government is…