Washington, DC – Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), acting chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today urged Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to reconsider a decision to eliminate...
Committee Approves Landmark Renewal of U.S. Global AIDS Prevention Effort
Washington, DC – Acting Chairman Howard L. Berman today led the House Foreign Affairs Committee in approving ground-breaking legislation to extend and to expand the U.S.-funded global HIV/AIDS...
Statement of Acting Chairman Howard L. Berman on the committee markup of the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act (H.R. 5501)
Five years ago, President Bush displayed extraordinary leadership in proposing that the United States spend 15 billion dollars over five years to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Republicans and...
Statement of Acting Chairman Howard L. Berman on Fidel Castro’s Retirement
Washington, DC -- In response to this morning’s announcement that Cuban leader Fidel Castro has decided to retire, Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-CA), Acting Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs...
Chairman Berman Welcomes U.S. Recognition of Kosova Independence
Washington, DC -- In response to the U.S. Goverment's officially recognizing Kosova's newly independent status today, Acting Chairman Howard Berman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee issued the...
The Washington, D.C. memorial service for Chairman Lantos took place in the U.S. Capitol at 10 a.m. Eastern Time (7 a.m. Pacific Time) on Thursday, February 14.
Click here to watch archived video of the service
Tom Lantos, 1928-2008
Washington, DC - Congressman Tom Lantos (D-San Mateo, San Francisco), 80, passed away this morning due to complications from cancer at Bethesda Naval Medical Center. Elected to office in 1980,...
Chairman Lantos Disappointed by Republican Road Blocks to Successful HIV/AIDS Prevention
Washington, DC – Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, expressed disappointment today at the conduct of some committee Republicans in the course of...
Lantos Outraged at PLO Praise for Late Terrorist George Habash
Washington, DC – Upon hearing that the Palestinian Liberation Organization's representative in Washington, Afif Safieh, has issued a statement calling the late terrorist George Habash "a great...
Speech by Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett on behalf of her father Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), Chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs
My father wanted very much to be with you today. He sends his greetings, and looks forward to watching this event online when it is posted to the Web. Today he has asked me to serve as his voice;...