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Latham presses transportation secretary for answers on Toyota recall

by O. Kay Henderson on February 3, 2010

in Business & Economy, Current Events, Fires/Accidents/Disasters, Politics & Government

Congressman Tom Latham, a Republican from Ames, got the U.S. Transportation Secretary to offer some advice to worried Toyota owners today, but the secretary backed away from some of that advice soon afterwards.

Toyota has recalled thousands of vehicles and promised customers they have the fix for sticking accelerators. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood testified this morning before a congressional committee and Latham, who’s a member of that panel, asked LaHood why his agency wasn’t offering some advice to drivers who might find themselves in a Toyota that can’t be stopped.

After a 30-second discussion, LaHood suggested the bottom line was that the problem needs to be fixed.

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Tagged as: Democratic Party, Republican Party, Tom Latham, Transportation

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Iowa’s congressional delegate mulls future of health care reform

by O. Kay Henderson 01/28/10 10:21 AM
Congressman King signs Health Care Declaration of Independence.

President Obama is urging Democrats in congress not to “walk away” from health care reform and Iowa Democrats who’re serving in the House and Senate appear to be on the same page.  
“Fixing our economy requires that we fixing the health system that unacceptably hinders our competitiveness and productivity,” says Senator Tom Harkin, chairman of the [...]

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Environmental group grades Iowa congressional delegation

by Pat Curtis 12/30/09 12:36 PM

An environmental group has released a report outlining how Iowa’s Congressional delegation voted over the last year-and-a-half on bills designed to cut global warming and air and water pollution. Environment Iowa reviewed 15 votes in the House and seven votes in the Senate.
Spokesperson Eric Nost says Congressman Leonard Boswell and Senator Tom Harkin, both Democrats, [...]

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Superintendent launches a campaign for congress

by Dar Danielson 12/16/09 4:49 PM

A school superintendent from central Iowa launched his campaign today  for Iowa’s fourth district congressional seat. Fifty-nine-year-old Bill Maske, a Democrat, plans to resign in January as head of the Interstate 35 School District to run in hopes of unseating Republican Tom Latham of Ames.
Maske is a political newcomer, and says Latham too often supports [...]

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Braley has “serious reservations” about Obama’s Afghan war plan

by O. Kay Henderson 12/2/09 4:34 PM

Congressman Bruce Braley says he has “very serious reservations” about the Afghan War plan President Obama outlined Tuesday night.
“As I listened to the president’s speech, he went to great efforts to try to make the case for why he is escalating the war in Afghanistan,” Braley says.  “But I didn’t have a strong feeling at [...]

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Governor not taking stance on Guantanamo detainees

by Dar Danielson 11/19/09 4:02 PM

Governor Chet Culver is not taking an immediate stance on a proposal to move terror detainees from Guantanamo Bay to a prison in Illinois that is 12 miles across the river from Clinton. Culver says the key is to get citizen input, so he says he’s asked the federal government to do all that it [...]

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Iowa congressional delegation splits vote on health care bill

by O. Kay Henderson 11/9/09 1:00 AM

Iowa’s congressional delegation split along party lines as the U.S. House passed a health care reform measure late Saturday night.   Congressmen Bruce Braley of Waterloo, Dave Loebsack of Mount Vernon and Leonard Boswell of Des Moines — all Democrats — voted for the plan.  Republican Congressmen Tom Latham of Ames and Steve King of Kiron [...]

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