May 23, 2007Contact: Lynne Weil, 202-225-5021 Washington, DC – The House Committee...
Foreign Affairs Committee Approves Extended Funding for Afghanistan, Creates Coordinator Position
House Committee on Foreign AffairsCongressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), ChairmanMay 23, 2007Contact: Lynne Weil, 202-225-5021Washington, DC – The House Committee on Foreign Affairs today overwhelmingly...
Lantos Introduces Legislation to Light a Fire Under U.S. Efforts to Engage in an International Solution to Global Warming
May 22, 2007Washington, DC - Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today introduced bipartisan legislation to step up U.S. involvement in stopping global...
Remarks of Chairman Lantos at Hearing, “Iraq: Is Reconstruction Failing?”
Verbatim, as deliveredMay 22, 2007Just one year ago, U.S. contractors and Army engineers put the finishing touches on a highly-touted renovation to a maternity hospital in Erbil, northern Iraq. The...
Bi-Partisan Bill Urges Canada to End the Commercial Seal Hunt
May 22, 2007Washington, DC – Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), the chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today introduced bipartisan legislation calling on the Canadian government to stop...
Statement of Chairman Lantos at Hearing, “Russia: Rebuilding the Iron Curtain”
Verbatim, as deliveredMay 17, 2007There are few areas where historical memory and historical amnesia are as often encountered as in the field of Russian studies. I would like to spend a moment on...
Lantos Congratulates Fidelity, Calls for Further Divestments in Darfur Genocide
Washington, DC – Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today congratulated Fidelity Investments for joining the growing movement to sever financial ties...
Advisory: Tue, 05/15/2007
May 15, 2007 Contact: Lynne Weil, 202-225-5021 ADVISORYA hearing of the Committee on Foreign Affairs: DATE: Tuesday, May 22, 2007TIME: 10:00 a.m.SUBJECT: Iraq: Is Reconstruction...
Remarks of Chairman Lantos at Hearing, “U.S. Re-Engagement in the Global Effort to Fight Climate Change”
Verbatim, as deliveredMay 15, 2007We are not here today to debate the existence of global warming. There will be no dueling charts and graphs. There will be no recitation of scientific arguments...
Lantos Urges the President to Engage Seriously in a Global Approach to Climate Change
May 14, 2007Contact: Lynne Weil, 202-225-5021Washington, DC - Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, said the President needs to go well beyond the ideas...