Rep. Jo Ann Davis1950-2007Washington, DC -- Chairman Tom Lantos of the House Foreign Affairs Committee has issued the following statement on the passing of Rep. Jo Ann Davis (R-VA):"Jo Ann Davis...
October 4, 2007
The Honorable John D. NegroponteDeputy Secretary of StateU.S. Department of State2201 C Street, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20520Dear Mr. Deputy Secretary:I am writing to express my serious concern that...
Remarks of Chairman Lantos on the House floor in discussion of the Burma resolution (H. Con. Res. 200)
Madame Speaker, the images from Burma that have flashed across our television screens over the past two weeks have stirred the conscience of the entire civilized world. Buddhist monks, draped in...
Lantos, King Send Bipartisan Message to Stop Violence on Burma
September 26, 2007WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Lantos (D-CA) and Rep. Peter King (R-NY) announced committee passage of a resolution (H.Con.Res.200) that denounces...
House Overwhelmingly Approves Lantos Iran Sanctions Bill
Washington, DC – The House today overwhelmingly approved legislation authored by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Lantos (D-CA) that tightens economic sanctions against Iran in order to...
Lantos welcomes Bush sanctions on Burma, warns Burma’s junta against violent crackdown of protesters
Washington, DC – Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today voiced his support for the Administration’s tightening of financial and travel sanctions on...
Opening Statement by Chairman Lantos at hearing, PEPFAR Reauthorization: From Emergency to Sustainability
Four short years ago, if you were to walk into the hallway of a hospital in Zambia, it would have been clogged with HIV/AIDS patients waiting to die. The lifesaving drugs which had brought so much...
Remarks of Chairman Tom Lantos in House floor debate on the Iran Counter-Proliferation Act (H.R. 1400)
Mr. Speaker, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will address the United Nations General Assembly in just a couple of hours -- the latest step in his campaign to remove all obstacles to Tehran’s...
Opening Statement by Chairman Lantos at hearing: Assessment of the Administration’s September Report on the Status of U.S. Political and Military Efforts in Iraq
Our purpose here today is to assess the report we received on Friday from the Bush Administration on the current status of U.S. political and military efforts in Iraq. To help us in that task, we...
Lantos Says White House Iraq Report Underscores Need for New Direction
Washington, DC – Chairman Tom Lantos of the House Foreign Affairs Committee released the following statement in response to the Administration’s report today on Iraq, which confirmed that Iraqi...