you oftentimes got two for the price of one with tom and kathy latham. she has sacrificed a number of times it has made my life easier and make things work better for iowa, the house of representatives, and for this country. i think the best interests of all of us have always and what made the decisions in the latham family. which ranks and about the top three of iowa political families. speaker.tention, madam they are not done yet but they have a patriarch who's going to write off into retirement. thank you for serving our country. god bless you. i yield back. >> let me say, mr. speaker, that mr. king just mentioned the difference between iowa and idaho. i will tell you a funny story -- when i was first elected, tom had been here for four years and these to have a function with a lot of the d.c. reporters and the washington hilton. they would select of freshman republican and democrat from both the house and senate to give little speeches and they were supposed to be funny speeches. i did not know what to do. they selected me, so i decided i would expla

you got oftentimes two pour the -- for the price of one with tom and kathy latham. she has made my life easier and made things work better for iowa, for the house of representatives and for this country and i think that the best interests of all of us have always been what made the decisions in the latham family. which by the way now ranks up in about the top three of iowa political families. so pay attention, madam speaker, to the latham family going forward. they're not done yet but they do have a patriarch that's going to ride off into retirement. thank you a lot, tom latham, for serving our country. god bless you. i yield back. mr. simpson: i thank the gentleman from iowa. let me say, mr. speaker, that mr. king just mentioned the difference between iowa and idaho. i'll tell you a funny story. when i was first elected tom had been here for four years and i got selected, they used to have a function with a lot of the d.c. reporters and political reporters in town at the washington hilton. and they would select a freshman republican and democrat from both the house

you got oftentimes two pour the -- for the price of one with tom and kathy latham. she has made my life easier and made things work better for iowa, for the house of representatives and for this country and i think that the best interests of all of us have always been what made the decisions in the latham family. which by the way now ranks up in about the top three of iowa political families. so pay attention, madam speaker, to the latham family going forward. they're not done yet but they do have a patriarch that's going to ride off into retirement. thank you a lot, tom latham, for serving our country. god bless you. i yield back. mr. simpson: i thank the gentleman from iowa. let me say, mr. speaker, that mr. king just mentioned the difference between iowa and idaho. i'll tell you a funny story. when i was first elected tom had been here for four years and i got selected, they used to have a function with a lot of the d.c. reporters and political reporters in town at the washington hilton. and they would select a freshman republican and democrat from both the house