Washington, DC – Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today marked the International Day of Disabled Persons by calling on the Administration to stop...
Observing World AIDS Day, Lantos Calls Congressional Commitment to Ending Scourge of HIV/AIDS Higher Than Ever
November 30, 2007Washington, D.C. -- In recognition of World AIDS Day tomorrow, Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today said Congress is committed to...
In Memoriam
Rep. Henry J. Hyde1924-2007Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement on the death of former...
Opening Remarks of Chairman Lantos at hearing, The Merida Initiative: Assessing Plans to Step Up our Security Cooperation with Mexico and Central America
At a time when more than 90 per cent of the cocaine arriving in the United States is coming through the Mexico-Central American corridor, it is essential that we ratchet-up our cooperation with our...
Lantos on Yahoo! Inc. Lawsuit Settlement: Long Overdue, and Not the End of the Issue
Washington, DC – Congressman Tom Lantos, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, has issued the following statement in response to the news that Yahoo! Inc. has reached a settlement with...
Opening Remarks of Chairman Lantos at hearing, Democracy, Authoritarianism and Terrorism in Contemporary Pakistan
Today’s hearing could not be more timely. A few weeks ago when I called this hearing meeting, we planned to deal with the state of political affairs in Pakistan and how the United States could best...
Statement of Chairman Lantos at hearing, Yahoo! Inc.’s Provision of False Information to Congress
When the news broke in August that this committee was investigating officials at Yahoo! Inc. in connection with repression in China, CNN International carried the story – but nobody in China saw it....
Opening statement by Chairman Lantos at hearing, The Mexico City Policy/Global Gag Rule: Its Impact on Family Planning and Reproductive Health
Around the globe, millions of women are fighting for their reproductive rights. They are fighting for the right to control how many children they bring into the world. They are fighting for the...
Statement of Chairman Lantos at Hearing, Russia on the Eve of National Elections
This morning we turn our attention to the Russia of Vladimir Putin. It is more in sorrow than in anger that I say that today’s Russia is a tremendous disappointment. There was a time not so long ago...
Lantos Welcomes New Sanctions on Iran
Washington, DC – Chairman Tom Lantos of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs issued the following statement today in response to the Administration’s announcement of tightened sanctions against...