Tom Lantos

"Our nation has lost a great public servant with the passing of Representative Tom Lantos. In serving his constituents and his country, Tom never forgot the Democratic Party's ideals of freedom, fairness, and opportunity for all. As Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, he was an authority on foreign policy issues and a voice for the oppressed. The only Holocaust survivor in Congress, he was a forceful and passionate advocate for civil liberties and human rights. Today, I join with...Read Full Story

Representative Tom Lantos (D) California will be resigning from Congress due to cancer of the esophagus at the end of his current term. Lantos is possibly best known for being the only holocaust survivor to be elected to congress. In 1944 Lantos then just a teenager was sent to a Nazi work camp in Hungary. He eventually escaped and came to America, where he earned his Ph.d. in 1953. Lantos considers himself a secular jew and has raised his children and grandchildren as Mormons. Which his wife...Read Full Story

Last month I blogged about Rep. Tom Lantos , the only Holocaust survivor ever elected to Congress, when he announced his retirement as a result of his being diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus. Tom Lantos passed away this morning in Bethesda naval hospital. He was 80-years-old. I feel fortunate to have had the chance to meet Rep. Lantos this past March at the AIPAC Policy Conference in D.C. Tom Lantos was a real mentsch and an important voice for human rights in Congress, even if he would...Read Full Story

California Democrat Howard L. Berman is likely to take over the gavel at the House Foreign Affairs Committee when Chairman Tom Lantos retires at the end of this Congress, according to a senior Democratic source.Read Full Story

President Bush and congressional leaders of both parties paid tribute to House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Lantos, D-Calif., a Holocaust survivor and champion of human rights, who died Monday morning.Read Full Story

From CNN: Rep. Tom Lantos, the Democratic chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, died Monday due to complications from cancer, his office said. Lantos was 80. Rep. Tom Lantos represented his Northern California district for 14 terms. He died at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, surrounded by his wife, Annette, daughters Annette and Katrina and many of his 18 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, according to his office. Lantos' life was "defined by...Read Full Story

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House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Lantos, a leading congressional champion of human rights, died Monday at the Bethesda Naval Medical Center.Read Full Story

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Lantos, D-Calif., said Wednesday that he was recently diagnosed with esophageal cancer and will not seek re-election to a 15th term in November.Read Full Story

A solemn Statuary Hall memorial service for House Foreign Affairs Chairman Tom Lantos, D-Calif., was interrupted Thursday by bells calling members to the floor to vote, triggering an angry partisan wrangle.Read Full Story