Two of our nation’s most capable public servants have come before us today to assess the situation in Iraq. General Petraeus, Ambassador Crocker, every single one of us wants you to succeed in your...
Opening Remarks of Chairman Lantos at hearing,
Our two committees will come together again next Monday to hear from General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker. It would be refreshing if these two capable and dedicated men would outline a new plan...
Opening Statement by Chairman Lantos at hearing, “Iraqi Benchmarks: An Objective Assessment”
Over the next week, our committee will hold three hearings on Iraq. Today we receive the assessment of the non-partisan General Accountability Office on Iraq’s governance track record, based on...
Lantos Decries Burmese Arrests, Urges Freeing of Protesters
August 23, 2007Washington, DC -- Chairman Tom Lantos of the House Foreign Affairs Committee today called for the immediate release of leading Burmese human rights activist Min Ko Naing and more than...
Lantos Welcomes News that U.S. Plans to Declare Islamic Revolutionary Guards a Terrorist Group
Washington, DC - Chairman Tom Lantos of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs issued the following statement in reaction to reports that the Administration intends to designate all or part of...
Joint Statement of Lantos and Ros-Lehtinen on Announcement of Revised Counter-narcotics Strategy in Afghanistan
For IMMEDIATE ReleaseAugust 9, 2007 Contact:Lynne Weil/Melissa Silverman (Lantos) 202-225-5021Sam Stratman/Lee Cohen (Ros-Lehtinen) 202-226-7875 (WASHINGTON) – U.S. Reps. Tom Lantos (D-CA)...
Congressional Committee to Investigate Disparity Between Documents and Hearing Testimony by Yahoo!
Washington, DC – Chairman Tom Lantos of the House Foreign Affairs Committee announced today that committee staff will investigate whether officials from the Internet company Yahoo! misrepresented...
Lantos Receives, Studies the Details of U.S.-India Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement
Washington, DC – Chairman Tom Lantos of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs today issued the following statement about the peaceful civilian nuclear cooperation agreement text released today by...
Lantos Addresses Erroneous Reports About Legislation on Ethiopia
Washington, DC – To correct erroneous reports about the Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act (H.R. 2003), Chairman Tom Lantos of the House Foreign Affairs Committee issued this statement...
Remarks of Chairman Lantos on H. Res. 121, the “Comfort Women” resolution, during House debate
Mr. Speaker, let me first commend my friend and our distinguished colleague, Congressman Mike Honda of California, for introducing this very important resolution and for all his hard work to give...