We have the extraordinary honor and pleasure today of having with us our most capable and most distinguished Secretary of State, Dr. Condoleezza Rice. This is her third appearance before our...
Lantos Welcomes President’s Announcement of Additional Sanctions on Burma
Washington, DC – Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, made the following statement about the President’s announcement today of new sanctions on the...
Lantos Condemns Bombings in Pakistan Timed to Bhutto’s Arrival
Washington, DC – U.S. Congressman Tom Lantos, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, has issued the following statement about the deadly explosions in Karachi timed to the arrival of...
Lantos, Smith and Conyers Legislation to Stem the Scourge of Human Trafficking
Washington, DC – Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today introduced a bill to step up U.S. diplomatic efforts to combat the scourge of human trafficking...
Opening statement by Chairman Lantos at hearing, International Trafficking in Persons: Taking Action to Eliminate Modern Day Slavery
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, human trafficking, the subject of our hearing today, is the world’s fastest-growing international organized crime.It is also one of the...
Lantos Announces Tough New Sanctions to Halt Imports of Burmese Gemstones
Washington, DC – Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, announced today that he will introduce sanctions designed to pressure the military junta currently...
Remarks of Chairman Lantos at the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony for His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama
Almost a quarter century ago, my wife, Annette, and I were in Nepal where we met the Tibetan community. And it was through their passionate commitment to this incredible man of peace that Annette...
Committee Asks Yahoo! Executives to Testify About False Information Given to Congress in China Human Rights Case
Washington, DC – The House Foreign Affairs Committee today asked top officials of Yahoo! Inc. to testify at a hearing on how the Internet company gave false information to Congress about its role in...
Lantos Lauds Nobel Laureates Al Gore and United Nations Authorities on Climate Change
October 12, 2007Lantos Lauds Nobel Laureates Al Gore and United Nations Authorities on Climate ChangeWashington, DC – Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign...
Opening Statement by Chairman Lantos at markup of H. Res. 106
October 10, 2007Verbatim, as deliveredToday we are not considering whether the Armenian people were persecuted and died in huge numbers at the hands of Ottoman troops in the early 20th Century....