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  • LATHAM STATEMENT ON OBAMA BUDGET
    Apr 10, 2013  - Iowa Congressman Tom Latham released the following statement today upon the release of the President’s budget, which never achieves balance and arrived more than two months beyond the due date required by law: “Iowans are craving responsibility from their elected leaders, and submitting a budget two... More
  • US HOUSE PASSES BALANCED BUDGET PLAN THAT WOULD GROW ECONOMY, SAVE AND STRENGTHEN RETIREMENT PROGRAMS
    Mar 21, 2013  - Iowa Congressman Tom Latham voted today for a House budget resolution that would balance the budget in ten years, help encourage economic and job growth for a nation still struggling, and save and strengthen the important retirement program promises and personal health care choices of seniors. Latha... More
  • LATHAM: “I CAN ONLY SUPPORT A BUDGET THAT OFFERS A SERIOUS PLAN TO REIN IN SPENDING & BALANCE THE BUDGET”
    Mar 12, 2013  - Iowa Congressman Tom Latham released the following statement after the Tuesday morning release of U.S. House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan’s proposed budget: “The Path to Prosperity: A Responsible, Balanced Budget”. “Responsible American families that work hard and sacrifice to live within their means a... More
  • LATHAM RESPONDS TO PRESIDENT’S STATE OF THE UNION
    Feb 12, 2013  - Iowa Congressman Tom Latham released the following statement this evening on the President's 2013 State of the Union address before Congress: “As the economy has gone almost 50 months with unemployment at or above 7.8 percent, shrunk 0.1 percent in the last quarter and continued to suffer the plague... More
  • LATHAM REPORT: Tell me what you think the ‘state of our union’ is — I am listening.
    Feb 11, 2013  - As the President begins his second term and a new Congress continues to get to work, now is a timely opportunity to assess how our country is doing — and how it should be doing. The President will make his case before a joint session of the House and Senate on Tuesday night in the annual State of th... More
  • LATHAM VOTES TO ‘REQUIRE A PLAN’ FROM THE PRESIDENT ON BALANCING THE BUDGET
    Feb 6, 2013  - With yet another budget delay from Official Washington this week, Iowa Congressman Tom Latham voted today to increase pressure on the White House to explain how it intends to balance the budget and set the country on a path to fiscal sustainability. The Require A Plan Act (H.R. 444) would compel the... More
  • LATHAM: WASHINGTON'S FAILURE TO ADDRESS AMERICANS' ECONOMIC CONCERNS CALLS FOR PRINCIPLED LEADERSHIP
    Feb 1, 2013  - Iowa Congressman Tom Latham released the following statement today after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the national unemployment rate rose in January to 7.9% from 7.8% in December 2012: “For the last four years, Official Washington has failed to honestly address the concerns that cont... More
  • LATHAM REPORT: Forcing Congress to Live By the Same Rules as the Rest of America
    Jan 28, 2013  - Here’s a question for any responsible Iowa family. If you were facing an almost insurmountable amount of debt, wouldn’t you change direction and set a budget to begin living within your means and reverse the course of debt? Ask almost anyone, and the answer is a no-brainer. Failing to budget — espec... More
  • LATHAM’S MESSAGE FOR CONGRESS: “IF WE CAN’T PASS A BUDGET, WE DON’T DESERVE A PAYCHECK”
    Jan 23, 2013  - With the U.S. Senate closing in on four years without passing a budget resolution, Iowa Congressman Tom Latham joined with a majority of members in the U.S. House of Representatives to approve a bill that withholds the pay of members of Congress this year if they fail to do the most basic job of pas... More
  • LATHAM STATEMENT ON VOTE AGAINST WHITE HOUSE-SENATE TAX DEAL
    Jan 1, 2013  - Iowa Congressman Tom Latham issued the following statement today after voting against the Senate-amended H.R. 8, a last-minute tax compromise bill that fails to address the nation’s out-of-control spending: “The White House-Senate compromise contains some good provisions I agree with, such as preven... More