Former U.S. Representative

Tom LathamNo longer serving

District IA‑3 Party Republican In office 1995–2015

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Bills introduced

As sponsor, from the 107th Congress

Became law

Of the bills they introduced

Cosponsored

1,519

Signed on to someone else's bill

Recorded votes

12,755

Roll calls tied to a bill

Floor speeches

850

In the Congressional Record, from 2001

78 bills introduced

Across 7 Congresses, most in the 112th at 18. In the 113th, 16 — 3 more than the median representative, who filed 13. Volume is not influence: the great majority of bills, from every member, never get a vote.

Bills introduced, against the typical representative 107th to 113th

median for the chamber, that Congress

Biography

A Representative from Iowa. Born in Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa, July 14, 1948. Graduated from Cal Community College, Latimer, Iowa, 1966. Attended Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa, 1966-1967, and Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 1967-1970. Business owner. Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1992. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1995-January 3, 2015). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in 2014.

Focus

Drawn from the 78 bills this member introduced: the subjects the record assigns them, and the members who most often sign on.

Subjects

Bills carry several subjects each, so these add up to more than 78.

Most frequent cosponsors

Times each has cosponsored a bill this member introduced.

Record

Every recorded vote, bill and floor speech, newest first.

Search these bills

Congress

Recorded votes tied to a bill, including procedural motions on it such as cloture. Votes on nominations are not listed.

Bill	Question	Voted	Date
HR 5699	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Dec 11, 2014
HR 83	On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment with an Amendment	Yea	Dec 11, 2014
HR 5806	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Dec 11, 2014
HRES 776	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Yea	Dec 11, 2014
HR 1204	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment	Yea	Dec 10, 2014
HR 2719	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment	Yea	Dec 10, 2014
HR 4681	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment	Yea	Dec 10, 2014
S 2244	On Passage	Yea	Dec 10, 2014

Bill	Title	Status	Latest action
HR 5064	Lean and Responsive Government Act	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.	Jul 10, 2014
HR 4745	Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015	Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 430.	Jun 12, 2014
HR 4757	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand certain exceptions to the private activity bond rules for first-time farmers, and for other purposes.	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	May 29, 2014
HR 3722	To provide protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.	Jan 27, 2014
HR 3165	Common Sense Health Reform Americans Actually Want Act	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.	Jan 9, 2014
HR 3721	America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership Reauthorization Act	Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.	Dec 19, 2013
HR 3166	To appropriate such funds as may be necessary to ensure certain important functions of the Government continue during a Governmentwide shutdown, and for other purposes.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.	Oct 4, 2013
HR 2610	Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014	Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 2610 as unfinished business.	Jul 30, 2013

Bill	Title	Status	Signed on
HR 3155	United Nations Transparency, Accountability, and Reform Act of 2013	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.	Apr 3, 2014
HR 4219	Voluntary Certification Program Act of 2014	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.	Apr 2, 2014
HR 503	National Desert Storm and Desert Shield War Memorial Act	Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 403.	Mar 25, 2014
HR 3686	School Nutrition Fairness Act	Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.	Mar 18, 2014
HR 4213	Funeral Rule Improvement Act of 2014	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.	Mar 14, 2014
HR 4031	Department of Veterans Affairs Management Accountability Act of 2014	Received in the Senate.	Mar 14, 2014
HR 3769	To extend the nonenforcement instruction for the Medicare direct supervision requirement for therapeutic hospital outpatient services insofar as it applies to critical access hospitals and rural hospitals, to require a study of the impact on critical access hospitals and rural hospitals of a failure to extend such instruction, and for other purposes.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Mar 12, 2014
HR 2414	Black Box Privacy Protection Act	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.	Mar 12, 2014

Sections of the Congressional Record in which this member spoke or entered a written statement, as the Government Publishing Office tags them; floor business such as amendment texts is left out. Each links to the official Record.

Date	Record section	Where
Dec 11, 2014	Insular Areas and Freely Associated States Energy Development	House floor
Dec 8, 2014	Honoring Congressman Tom Latham on His Retirement	House floor
Nov 12, 2014	A Tribute to Brigadier General James Derek Hill	Written statement
Sep 19, 2014	Tribute to Chief Judy Bradshaw	Written statement
Jul 11, 2014	Tribute to Jeffrey Kueter	Written statement
Jun 20, 2014	Tribute to Ellie Ball	Written statement
Jun 20, 2014	Tribute to Quinton Jenkins	Written statement
Jun 19, 2014	Tribute to Alexandra Grady	Written statement

Committees

Current committees first, each with its role and years, and the subcommittees held now beneath it. Full history opens every role with its date and official record, and earlier subcommittee seats.

Earlier committees

Appropriations CommitteeMember2001–2015

Full history

Committee	Role	Served	Record
Appropriations Committee	Member	Jan 6, 2001 to Jan 3, 2015	H.Res. 19 · End of the 113th Congress
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs	Chair	Listed Oct 2009 to Feb 2014	Congressional Directory, Dec 2009
Homeland Security	Member	Listed Oct 2011 to Feb 2014	Congressional Directory, Dec 2011
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies	Member	Listed Apr 2007 to Apr 2007	Congressional Directory, Aug 2008
Financial Services and General Government	Member	Listed Apr 2007 to Apr 2007	Congressional Directory, Aug 2008
Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies	Member	Listed Sep 2001 to Mar 2005	Congressional Directory, Oct 2002
Homeland Security	Member	Listed Jun 2003 to Mar 2005	Congressional Directory, Aug 2004
Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary	Member	Listed Sep 2001 to Sep 2001	Congressional Directory, Oct 2002

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Party, state and chamber are those of this member's most recent term. Bills and cosponsorships are held from the 107th Congress onwards and recorded votes from the 101st, so a member who served before those points will show fewer than they filed, or none. Committee service is held from the 107th Congress onwards, dated from the House and Senate resolutions and Congressional Record notices that seat and remove members. Subcommittee assignments are made inside each committee and carry no official date, so a subcommittee seat is shown from the first to the last printed hearing, Congressional Directory edition or official roster that lists the member. Vote counts cover roll calls tied to a bill; the chambers also vote on procedure and nominations, which are not listed here. Office, telephone and website are not shown for a member who has left, because the ones on file were theirs while serving. Records come from Congress.gov and the Biographical Directory of Congress.