Dec 12, 2007 | Press Releases
Washington, DC – The defense spending bill passed by the House today by a vote of 370 to 49 includes ground-breaking provisions based on initiatives by Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, to reduce the spread of nuclear...
Dec 11, 2007 | Press Releases
Washington, DC – The House of Representatives today unanimously passed tough legislation authored by Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, to squeeze the brutal military junta now ruling Burma. The Block Burmese JADE...
Dec 10, 2007 | Press Releases
Washington, DC – This week Congress is expected to consider tightened, targeted sanctions against Burma, where a recent violent crackdown shocked the conscience of the world. Chairman Tom Lantos of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the author of the sanctions...
Dec 7, 2007 | Press Releases
Washington, DC – With the approach of International Human Rights Day, (December 10), Chairman Tom Lantos of the House Foreign Affairs Committee noted that Congress is about to consider a means to cut off funds for the thugs in Burma whose recent violent crackdown...
Dec 7, 2007 | Press Releases
Washington, DC – Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today commended the delegates to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia. On the eve of the conference, Lantos and Chairman Edward Markey of the...
