Washington, DC – In response to the public reports of the Administration’s plans for new arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf states, Chairman Tom Lantos (D-CA) of the House Foreign...
Congress Passes Lantos, Wolf Legislation to Promote Democracy, Human Rights Abroad
Washington, DC – Congress has passed legislation co-authored by Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA) to strengthen and...
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GAO Report Shows Millennium Challenge Corporation Overstated Projected Impact of Vanuatu Projects
July 26, 2007Contact: Lynne Weil, 202-225-5021Washington, DC – Chairman Tom Lantos of the House Foreign Affairs Committee today said a U.S. foreign aid program in the Pacific Islands is a...
Comments of Chairman Lantos at hearing, “Central and Eastern Europe: Assessing the Democratic Transition”
Verbatim, as deliveredAs the last decade of the 20th Century dawned, the weight of Soviet domination slipped from the shoulders of weary Central and East Europeans. The people of the region...
Lantos Welcomes Release of Falsely-Accused Medical Workers, Urges More HIV/AIDS Education in Libya
July 24, 2007Contact: Lynne Weil, 202-225-5021Lantos Welcomes Release of Falsely-Accused Medical Workers, Urges More HIV/AIDS Education in LibyaWashington, DC - U.S. Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA),...
Lantos Legislation Extending Burma Sanctions Approved
Washington, DC – The House today passed legislation by Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, to extend by one year a set of tough sanctions against the...
Lantos Welcomes News of the Release of 38 Political Prisoners in Ethiopia
Washington, DC – U.S. Congressman Tom Lantos, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today welcomed the release by the Ethiopian government of 38 of the country’s parliamentarians and...
Statement of Chairman Lantos at hearing, “Beyond Iraq: Envisioning a New U.S. Policy in the Middle East”
The minefield of serious policy issues facing the Middle East is readily apparent to anyone who gives the newspapers even a cursory glance. The region is peppered with conflicts and disturbing...
Lantos Says New National Intelligence Estimate Shows that War in Iraq Put Us at Greater Risk of Terrorist Attack
Contact: Lynne Weil, 202-225-5021Washington, DC – Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, said the declassified portion of the National Intelligence...