AP Features, June 14th, 2007
Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., senior Republican, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Property partnership in Virginia Beach, $100,001-$250,000; more than 30 investments, mainly mutual funds and certificates of deposit, the largest a CD worth $100,001-$250,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Interest and dividends from investments, none more than $5,000.
Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Davis listed four trips in which he was reimbursed for expenses, including two to Las Vegas, one sponsored by the Consumer Electronic Association, and one by the National Association of Letter Carriers.
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Rep. Ralph Hall, R-Texas, senior Republican, House Science and Technology Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Crowley Holding Co. stock, $500,001-$1 million; Lakeside Bancshares Inc. stock, $500,001-$1 million; Rockwall residence, $500,0001-$1 million; 152 acres Texas farmland, $100,001-$250,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Dividends, Lakeside Bancshares Inc., $50,001-$100,000; Crowley Holding Co. dividends, $15,001 -$50,000; state legislative pension, $65,748.
Major liabilities: Business loan from Rockwall bank, $100,001-$250,000.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Hall, who switched parties in 2004 after Texas redistricting, earned about $10,000 more from his pension in 2006 than the previous year. He also earned more dividends in 2006. His wife owns 22 acres in Texas valued at $100,001-$250,000.
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Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., chairman, House Transportation Committee.
Earned income: $165,200
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Bank accounts, $115,000-$300,000
Major sources of unearned income: Interest on bank account, $2,700-$6,000.
Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Oberstar sold stock in Sirius Satellite Radio and Lucent Technologies, and bought stock in Cepheid Inc.
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Rep. John L. Mica, R-Fla., senior Republican, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Personal residence, Cocoa Beach, Fla., $250,000-$400,000; residence, Winter Park, Fla., $500,000-$1 million; two lots in Blowing Rock, N.C., $500,000-$1 million; Bank accounts, $550,000-$1.1 million; annuity, $100,000-$250,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Rental fees on investment properties and interest on accounts.
Major liabilities: Mortgage on rental property in Maitland, Fla., $15,000-$50,000.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Mica reported no gifts, no outside travel and no speaking fees.
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Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., chairman, House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Investment account that includes Boeing Co. stock, $1 million-$5 million; Xerox stock, $250,000-$500,000; stock holdings in American Airlines parent company AMR Corp., Eastman Kodak, General Electric Company and Walt Disney Co., each $100,000-$250,000; Pfizer Inc. stock, $50,000-$100,000. Retirement account investment in government reserves, $100,000-$250,000; Retirement account distribution, $100,000-$250,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Boeing Co. stock dividends; $15,001-$50,000; dividends from retirement account, $55,000-$115,000
Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Lantos's wife, Annette, owns an apartment building in Vancouver, Canada, valued at $500,000-$1 million. She earned rental income of $100,000-$1 million from that asset. She also owns a rental property in Denver, Colo., worth $250,000-$500,000, which brought in rental income of $15,000-$50,000. She has a $250,000-$500,000 mortgage on the Denver property and another mortgage of $100,000-$250,000 on a property in Lowell, Mass.
Lantos sold United Airlines stock last year for between $117,000-$330,000.
He reported just one travel expense covered by an outside source, a five-day visit to Cleveland, Ohio, in which his wife's airfare and their lodging was paid for by the Cleveland Hungarian Revolution 50th Anniversary Committee. Lantos and his wife are both natives of Hungary.
Lantos received pensions of $14,150 and $15,347 from the state of California.
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Rep. Jim McCrery, R-La., senior Republican, House Ways and Means Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: $2,000.
Major assets: One-sixth interest in 62 acres of land in Rapides Parish, La., $15,001-$50,000; Investment account, $15,001-$50,000.
Major sources of unearned income: None.
Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: The Quadrangle Group LLC, a private investment firm specializing in media and communications companies, paid McCrery' expenses to attend its Foursquare conference in New York.
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Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., senior Republican, House Financial Services Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Rental house in Birmingham, $100,001-$250,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Rental income from Birmingham house, $15,001-$50,000.
Major liabilities: Mortgage on Birmingham rental house, $100,001-$250,000.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Baucus reported significant assets in his wife's name, including a Pacific Life annuity worth $250,001-$500,000; a Smith Barney retirement account worth $100,001-$250,000; and an investment in Southwood Properties worth $100,001-$250,000. He reported interest, dividends and capital gains from her Smith Barney retirement account of $15,001-$50,000, and rental income from Southwood Properties of $5,001-$15,000.
Bachus was reimbursed for four domestic trips, including one to St. Louis, paid for by the Burlington Northern Sante Fe railroad company and one to Marietta, Ga., paid for by Alabama Power Co.
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Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, senior Republican, House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Ennis Business Forms stock, $15,001-$50,000; Reliant Energy stock, $15,001-$50,000; TXU Corp. stock, $15,0001-$50,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Ennis Business Forms dividends, $1,001-$2,500.
Major liabilities: Personal loan, GNB Bank, Ennis, less than $10,000.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Barton's wife earns a salary working on his congressional campaign committee. He sold a condominium in College Station, Texas, for $50,000-$100,000.
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