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interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lantos" title="Tom Lantos – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Tom Lantos" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lantos" title="Tom Lantos – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Tom Lantos" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lantos" title="Tom Lantos – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Tom Lantos" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3" title="تام لنتوس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تام لنتوس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lantos" title="Tom Lantos – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Tom Lantos" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%86%B0_%EB%9E%9C%ED%86%A0%EC%8A%A4" title="톰 랜토스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="톰 랜토스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a 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This article uses <a href="/wiki/Personal_name#Western_name_order" title="Personal name">Western name order</a> when mentioning individuals.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Tom_Lantos.jpg/440px-Tom_Lantos.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1578" data-file-height="1997" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Foreign_Affairs" title="United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs">House Foreign Affairs Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 2007 – February 11, 2008</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Hyde" title="Henry Hyde">Henry Hyde</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Howard_Berman" title="Howard Berman">Howard Berman</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the<br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1981 – February 11, 2008</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Royer" title="William Royer">William Royer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Speier" title="Jackie Speier">Jackie Speier</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><span data-sort-value="California11 !"><a href="/wiki/California%27s_11th_congressional_district" title="California's 11th congressional district">11th district</a></span> <span class="nowrap">(1981–1993)</span><br /><span data-sort-value="California12 !"><a href="/wiki/California%27s_12th_congressional_district" title="California's 12th congressional district">12th district</a></span> <span class="nowrap">(1993–2008)</span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Tamás Péter Lantos</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1928-02-01</span>)</span>February 1, 1928<br /><a href="/wiki/Budapest" title="Budapest">Budapest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hungary_(1920%E2%80%931946)" title="Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)">Kingdom of Hungary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">February 11, 2008<span style="display:none">(2008-02-11)</span> (aged 80)<br /><a href="/wiki/Bethesda,_Maryland" title="Bethesda, Maryland">Bethesda, Maryland</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United 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A member of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>, he represented the state's <a href="/wiki/California%27s_11th_congressional_district" title="California's 11th congressional district">11th congressional district</a> until 1993. After redistricting, he served from the <a href="/wiki/California%27s_12th_congressional_district" title="California's 12th congressional district">12th congressional district</a>, which included both the northern two-thirds of <a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California">San Mateo County</a> and a portion of the southwestern part of <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>. </p><p>Lantos, who served as Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Foreign_Affairs" title="United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs">House Foreign Affairs Committee</a> in his last term, announced in early January 2008 that he would not run for re-election because of <a href="/wiki/Esophageal_cancer" title="Esophageal cancer">cancer of the esophagus</a>. He died before finishing his term.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Hungary" title="History of the Jews in Hungary">Hungarian Jew</a>, Lantos was the only <a href="/wiki/Holocaust_survivor" class="mw-redirect" title="Holocaust survivor">Holocaust survivor</a> to have served in the United States Congress; he survived the <a href="/wiki/Genocide" title="Genocide">genocide</a> with help from <a href="/wiki/Raoul_Wallenberg" title="Raoul Wallenberg">Raoul Wallenberg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In speaking before the House of Representatives after his death, Speaker <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a> stated that Lantos "devoted his public life to shining a bright light on the dark corners of oppression. He used his powerful voice to stir the consciousness of world leaders and the public alike."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008, after his death, the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, which he founded in 1983, was renamed the <a href="/wiki/Tom_Lantos_Human_Rights_Commission" title="Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission">Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission</a>. Its mission is partly "to promote, defend, and advocate internationally recognized human rights". In the final weeks of his life, Lantos asked that a non-profit be established to carry on the work he felt so passionately about. The Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was founded later that year to carry out that wish. In 2011, the Tom Lantos Institute was set up in <a href="/wiki/Budapest" title="Budapest">Budapest</a> to promote tolerance and support minority issues in <a href="/wiki/Central_Europe" title="Central Europe">Central Europe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Europe" title="Eastern Europe">Eastern Europe</a>, as well as around the world.<sup id="cite_ref-Institute_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Institute-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Lantos&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lantos was born Tamás Péter Lantos (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Hungarian:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="hu-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Hungarian" title="Help:IPA/Hungarian">[ˈtɒmaːʃ<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈpeːtɛr<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈlɒntoʃ]</a></span>) into a <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Hungary" title="History of the Jews in Hungary">Jewish</a> family in <a href="/wiki/Budapest" title="Budapest">Budapest</a>, the son of Anna, a high school English teacher, and Pál Lantos, a banker.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His family was heavily involved in education, and included an uncle who was a professor at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Budapest" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Budapest">University of Budapest</a> and a grandmother who was a high school principal. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Lantos&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His life in Hungary would change after the <a href="/wiki/Anschluss" title="Anschluss">annexing of Austria</a> by <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> in 1938, with the Austrian border just 100 miles (160 km) from Budapest. Lantos remembered this period and a newspaper headline he read when he was ten years old, "<a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Hitler</a> Marches into Austria". Even at a young age, he understood the significance of this invasion, recalling in a 1999 interview with <a href="/wiki/University_of_Washington_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Washington Magazine">University of Washington Magazine</a>, "I sensed that this historic moment would have a tremendous impact on the lives of <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Jews" class="mw-redirect" title="Hungarian Jews">Hungarian Jews</a>, my family, and myself".<sup id="cite_ref-Bio_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bio-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Six years later, in March 1944, the German military <a href="/wiki/German_invasion_of_Hungary_(1944)" title="German invasion of Hungary (1944)">invaded Hungary</a> and occupied Budapest, its capital. As he was Jewish, Lantos, then 16, was arrested and sent to a <a href="/wiki/Labour_service_(Hungary)" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour service (Hungary)">forced labor camp</a> outside of Budapest. He escaped, but was soon caught by the Germans and beaten severely, then returned to the labor camp. He again escaped, this time making his way back to Budapest, 40 miles (64 km) away. There, he hid with an aunt in a <a href="/wiki/Safe_house" title="Safe house">safe house</a> set up by <a href="/wiki/Raoul_Wallenberg" title="Raoul Wallenberg">Raoul Wallenberg</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Swedish</a> diplomat.<sup id="cite_ref-Bio_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bio-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lantos joined Wallenberg's network; his fair hair and blue eyes, which to the Nazis were physical signs of "<a href="/wiki/Aryanism" title="Aryanism">Aryanism</a>", enabled him to serve as a courier and deliver food and medicine to Jews living in other safe houses.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 1945, less than a year later, Soviet military forces fought door-to-door battles and liberated Hungary from German occupation. However, Lantos, then 17, returned home only to discover that his mother and other family members had all been murdered by the Germans, along with <a href="/wiki/The_Holocaust#By_country" title="The Holocaust">440,000 other Hungarian Jews</a>, during the preceding 10 months of their occupation.<sup id="cite_ref-Bio_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bio-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wallenberg, for his part, was later credited with saving the lives of thousands of other Hungarian Jews.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lantos described some of his experiences in the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Award</a>-winning documentary film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Days" title="The Last Days">The Last Days</a></i> (1998), produced by <a href="/wiki/Steven_Spielberg" title="Steven Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Shoah_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Shoah Foundation">Shoah Foundation</a>. In his floor speeches as a congressman, he sometimes referred to himself as one of the few living members of Congress who had fought against <a href="/wiki/Fascism" title="Fascism">fascism</a>. In 1981, Lantos sponsored a bill making Wallenberg an <a href="/wiki/Honorary_Citizen_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Honorary Citizen of the United States">Honorary Citizen of the United States</a>, and became a member of the <a href="/wiki/International_Raoul_Wallenberg_Foundation" title="International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation">International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation</a>. In January 2006, he traveled to Hungary and attended a ceremony commemorating the 61st anniversary of the liberation of the <a href="/wiki/Budapest_Ghetto" title="Budapest Ghetto">Budapest Ghetto</a>. The event was held at the <a href="/wiki/Doh%C3%A1ny_Street_Synagogue" title="Dohány Street Synagogue">Great Synagogue</a> in Budapest.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Lantos&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1946, Lantos enrolled at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Budapest" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Budapest">University of Budapest</a>. As a result of his fluent English,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> he wrote an essay about <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a>, and he was awarded a scholarship by the <a href="/wiki/Hillel_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Hillel Foundation">Hillel Foundation</a> to study in the United States. He then emigrated to the U.S., and studied economics at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Washington" title="University of Washington">University of Washington</a> in <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, where he earned a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">B.A.</a> in 1949 and an <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">M.A.</a> in 1950. He continued his post-graduate education at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a>, and received a <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" title="Doctor of Philosophy">Ph.D.</a> in economics in 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Lantos&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After graduation from Berkeley, Lantos became a professor of economics at <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_State_University" title="San Francisco State University">San Francisco State University</a>. In subsequent years, he worked as a business consultant and television commentator on subjects of foreign policy. He eventually became a senior advisor to various U.S. Senators, and in 1980, he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Congress">U.S. Congress</a>, where he remained until his death in February 2008. Recalling his early life, he announced his retirement by stating to Congress, "I will never be able to express fully my profoundly felt gratitude to this great country."<sup id="cite_ref-Bio_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bio-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_and_family_life">Personal and family life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Lantos&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal and family life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite becoming fluent in English, Lantos never lost his Hungarian accent. During his childhood, he met his future wife, Annette Tillemann (or Tilleman; born June 27, 1931), then using the name Agnes Ethel Seymour. Her family had managed to escape to Switzerland, using Swedish passports issued by <a href="/wiki/Raoul_Wallenberg" title="Raoul Wallenberg">Raoul Wallenberg</a>. After Hungary was liberated, she and her family returned to Budapest, where she and Lantos met again. After emigrating to the United States, they married on July 13, 1950. They remained married until his death in 2008. Agnes Ethel Lantos became a naturalized United States citizen on May 17, 1954, under that name.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Timmerman_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Timmerman-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Annette's father Sebastian was the brother of <a href="/wiki/Jolie_Gabor" title="Jolie Gabor">Jolie Gabor</a>, with Jolie's daughters <a href="/wiki/Magda_Gabor" title="Magda Gabor">Magda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zsa_Zsa_Gabor" title="Zsa Zsa Gabor">Zsa Zsa</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eva_Gabor" title="Eva Gabor">Eva Gabor</a> being first cousins to Annette Lantos.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lantos and his wife had two daughters, Annette Marie and Katrina, and 18 grandchildren, including <a href="/wiki/Levi_Tillemann" title="Levi Tillemann">Levi Tillemann</a>, an author and energy expert; Tomicah Tillemann, a former Democratic political speechwriter; and <a href="/wiki/Charity_Sunshine_Tillemann-Dick" title="Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick">Charity Tillemann-Dick</a>, an opera singer and activist. The Lantoses' daughter Annette was married to Timber Dick, an independent businessman in Colorado,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until his accidental death in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lantos's younger daughter, <a href="/wiki/Katrina_Swett" title="Katrina Swett">Katrina Lantos Swett</a>, is married to <a href="/wiki/Ambassador" title="Ambassador">ambassador</a> and former U.S. Representative from <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Swett" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Swett">Richard Swett</a>, and was herself a candidate for Congress in New Hampshire. She now serves as President of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice, and she is also the Co-chair of the International Religious Freedom Summit.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lantos considered himself a <a href="/wiki/Jewish_secularism" title="Jewish secularism">secular Jew</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ProjVote_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ProjVote-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career_and_positions">Political career and positions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Lantos&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Political career and positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_Yahoo!" class="mw-redirect" title="Criticism of Yahoo!">Criticism of Yahoo!</a></div> <p>Lantos made his first run for office in 1980, challenging <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> Congressman <a href="/wiki/William_H._Royer" class="mw-redirect" title="William H. Royer">Bill Royer</a>, who had won a 1979 special election after <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/Leo_Ryan" title="Leo Ryan">Leo Ryan</a> was killed in the <a href="/wiki/Jonestown" title="Jonestown">Jonestown massacre</a>. Lantos defeated Royer by 5,700 votes. He never again faced such a close contest, and was re-elected 13 times. Lantos earned a reputation as a champion for various <a href="/wiki/Human_rights" title="Human rights">human rights</a> causes, such as having <a href="/wiki/Yahoo" title="Yahoo">Yahoo</a> CEO <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Yang_(entrepreneur)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jerry Yang (entrepreneur)">Jerry Yang</a> testify at a congressional hearing after the company turned over the email records of two Chinese dissidents to the Chinese government, allowing them to be traced and one sentenced to jail.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Congressional_District_map_for_the_San_Francisco_Bay_area_in_1985.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/US_Congressional_District_map_for_the_San_Francisco_Bay_area_in_1985.jpg/220px-US_Congressional_District_map_for_the_San_Francisco_Bay_area_in_1985.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/US_Congressional_District_map_for_the_San_Francisco_Bay_area_in_1985.jpg/330px-US_Congressional_District_map_for_the_San_Francisco_Bay_area_in_1985.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/US_Congressional_District_map_for_the_San_Francisco_Bay_area_in_1985.jpg/440px-US_Congressional_District_map_for_the_San_Francisco_Bay_area_in_1985.jpg 2x" data-file-width="985" data-file-height="437" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/California%27s_11th_congressional_district" title="California's 11th congressional district">11th district</a> that Lantos served from 1981 until 1993 included a small portion of <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Daly_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Daly City">Daly City</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Mateo,_California" title="San Mateo, California">San Mateo</a>.</figcaption></figure><p>Lantos was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Progressive_Caucus" title="Congressional Progressive Caucus">Congressional Progressive Caucus</a>, and repeatedly called for reforms to the nation's <a href="/wiki/Health_care_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Health care in the United States">health-care system</a>, reduction of the <a href="/wiki/Fiscal_Policy_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Fiscal Policy in the United States">national budget deficit</a> and the <a href="/wiki/U.S._public_debt" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. public debt">national debt</a>, repeal of the <a href="/wiki/Economic_Growth_and_Tax_Relief_Reconciliation_Act_of_2001" title="Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001">Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001</a>. He opposed <a href="/wiki/Social_Security_privatization" class="mw-redirect" title="Social Security privatization">Social Security privatization</a> efforts. He supported <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States" title="Same-sex marriage in the United States">same-sex marriage rights</a> and <a href="/wiki/Medical_cannabis" title="Medical cannabis">marijuana for medical use</a>, was a strong proponent of <a href="/wiki/Gun_politics_in_the_United_States" title="Gun politics in the United States">gun control</a> and adamantly <a href="/wiki/Abortion_debate" title="Abortion debate">pro-choice</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lantos was an advocate on behalf of the <a href="/wiki/Environmental_policy" title="Environmental policy">environment</a>, receiving consistently high ratings from the <a href="/wiki/League_of_Conservation_Voters" title="League of Conservation Voters">League of Conservation Voters</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Environmental_organizations" class="mw-redirect" title="Environmental organizations">environmental organizations</a> for his legislative record. His long-standing efforts to protect open space brought thousands of acres under the protection of the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_National_Recreation_Area" title="Golden Gate National Recreation Area">Golden Gate National Recreation Area</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Mori_Point" title="Mori Point">Mori Point</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sweeney_Ridge" title="Sweeney Ridge">Sweeney Ridge</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rancho_Corral_de_Tierra" title="Rancho Corral de Tierra">Rancho Corral de Tierra</a>, which will keep its <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/watershed" class="extiw" title="wikt:watershed">watersheds</a> and delicate habitats free from development permanently.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tom_Lantos_and_Gavin_Newsom.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Tom_Lantos_and_Gavin_Newsom.jpg/220px-Tom_Lantos_and_Gavin_Newsom.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Tom_Lantos_and_Gavin_Newsom.jpg/330px-Tom_Lantos_and_Gavin_Newsom.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Tom_Lantos_and_Gavin_Newsom.jpg 2x" data-file-width="337" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>San Francisco Mayor <a href="/wiki/Gavin_Newsom" title="Gavin Newsom">Gavin Newsom</a> and Lantos</figcaption></figure> <p>While Lantos was an early supporter of the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from 2006 onward, he acknowledged public criticism about the conduct of the war<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and called for a diplomatic approach toward ceasing hostilities.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Foreign_affairs_issues">Foreign affairs issues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Lantos&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Foreign affairs issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ban_Ki-Moon_and_Tom_Lantos.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Ban_Ki-Moon_and_Tom_Lantos.jpg/220px-Ban_Ki-Moon_and_Tom_Lantos.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Ban_Ki-Moon_and_Tom_Lantos.jpg/330px-Ban_Ki-Moon_and_Tom_Lantos.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Ban_Ki-Moon_and_Tom_Lantos.jpg/440px-Ban_Ki-Moon_and_Tom_Lantos.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="337" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Secretary-General" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Secretary-General">United Nations Secretary-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Ban_Ki-moon" title="Ban Ki-moon">Ban Ki-moon</a> with Tom and Annette Lantos</figcaption></figure> <p>Lantos served as the chairman of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Foreign_Affairs" title="United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs">United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs</a>. Through its more than 20 years of work, the <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Human_Rights_Caucus" class="mw-redirect" title="Congressional Human Rights Caucus">Congressional Human Rights Caucus</a>—of which Lantos was co-chair with Representative <a href="/wiki/Frank_Wolf_(politician)" title="Frank Wolf (politician)">Frank Wolf</a>—covered a wide range of human rights issues. They included speaking for Christians in <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a> to practice their faith, helping <a href="/wiki/Tibet" title="Tibet">Tibetans</a> to retain their culture and religion in Tibet, and advocating for other minorities worldwide. </p><p>Among his other efforts was a demand that <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> apologize for <a href="/wiki/Comfort_women" title="Comfort women">sex slavery</a> during World War II.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT2_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT2-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He declared Turkey's mass killings of Armenians during World War I to be <a href="/wiki/Armenian_genocide" title="Armenian genocide">genocide</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT2_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT2-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In more recent times, he supported democracy in <a href="/wiki/Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="Burma">Burma</a> and pressed for sanctions on Iran for supporting terrorism.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT2_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT2-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2004, he sponsored a bill to stop the spread of <a href="/wiki/Antisemitism" title="Antisemitism">antisemitism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On other aspects of <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_United_States" title="Foreign relations of the United States">American foreign policy</a>, Lantos spoke out against waste, fraud and abuse in the multi-billion dollar U.S. reconstruction program in Iraq, and warned that the U.S. could lose Afghanistan to the <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> if the <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_George_W._Bush" title="Presidency of George W. Bush">Bush administration</a> failed to take decisive action to halt the current decline in political stability there. Lantos was against U.S. military aid to <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> as the Egyptian military had failed to stop the flow of money and weapons across the Egyptian border to <a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Strip" title="Gaza Strip">Gaza</a>, and Egypt had not contributed troops to the peacekeeping efforts in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> and elsewhere.<sup id="cite_ref-TranscriptForeignAffairsCommittee_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TranscriptForeignAffairsCommittee-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1991_Gulf_War">1991 Gulf War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Lantos&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1991 Gulf War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Nurse_Nayirah" class="mw-redirect" title="Nurse Nayirah">Nurse Nayirah</a></div> <p>Lantos was a strong supporter of the 1991 <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Persian Gulf War</a>. During the run-up to the war in 1990, the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, of which Lantos was co-chairman, hosted a 15 year old <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwaiti</a> girl, then identified only as "<a href="/wiki/Nurse_Nayirah" class="mw-redirect" title="Nurse Nayirah">Nurse Nayirah</a>", who told of horrific abuses by Iraqi soldiers following the <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_invasion_of_Kuwait" title="Iraqi invasion of Kuwait">Iraqi invasion of Kuwait</a>, including the killing of Kuwaiti babies by taking them out of their incubators and leaving them to die on the floor of the hospital. These alleged atrocities figured prominently in the rhetoric at the time about Iraqi abuses in Kuwait. Her witness account was later challenged by independent human rights monitors.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1992_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1992-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Nurse Nayirah" later turned out to be the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Saud_Nasser_Al-Saud_Al-Sabah" title="Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah">Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah</a>, a member of Kuwait's ruling <a href="/wiki/House_of_Sabah" title="House of Sabah">Al-Sabah family</a> who served as <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_Kuwait_to_the_United_States" title="List of ambassadors of Kuwait to the United States">Kuwait's ambassador to the United States</a> at the time. Asked about having allowed the girl to give testimony without identifying herself, and without her story having been corroborated, Lantos replied, "The notion that any of the witnesses brought to the caucus through the Kuwaiti Embassy would not be credible did not cross my mind... I have no basis for assuming that her story is not true, but the point goes beyond that. If one hypothesizes that the woman's story is fictitious from A to Z, that in no way diminishes the avalanche of human rights violations."<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1992_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1992-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Canadian Broadcasting Corporation">Canadian Broadcasting Corporation</a> sent investigators to Kuwait who went through the hospital and counted the incubators and they found that "except for one or two that may have been misplaced" all of the incubators were still in the hospital. The investigators concluded that there were no deaths resulting from stolen equipment. And the doctor who provided <a href="/wiki/Amnesty_International" title="Amnesty International">Amnesty International</a> with the number of babies killed dropped from 312 to 72 and then 30, 19 of which died before the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. After the war, <i>The New York Times</i> wrote, "It's plainly wrong for a member of congress to collaborate with a public relations firm to produce knowingly deceptive testimony on an important issue.<sup id="cite_ref-Deception_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Deception-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yet Representative Tom Lantos has been caught doing exactly that. His behavior warrants a searching inquiry by the House Ethics Committee."<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="War_in_Iraq">War in Iraq</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Lantos&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: War in Iraq"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On October 4, 2002, Lantos led a narrow majority of Democrats on the House International Relations Committee to a successful vote in support of the Resolution for the Use of Force, seeking the approval of the United Nations and under the condition that President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> would allow UN weapons inspectors to finish their work and that Bush would need to return to Congress for an actual declaration of war before invading Iraq. The resolution later passed the House and the Senate with a total of 373 of 435 members of Congress supporting it. "The train is now on its way", said Lantos after the resolution successfully passed both houses of Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In later hearings on the war, Lantos continued his enthusiastic support. </p><p>Starting in early 2006, Lantos distanced himself from the <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="George W. Bush administration">Bush Administration</a>'s Iraq policy, making critical statements at hearings, on the House floor and in published media interviews about the conduct of the war. During hearings of the House International Relations Committee, where he was then the ranking member, Lantos repeatedly praised the investigative work of the office of the Special Inspector of Iraq Reconstruction General <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Bowen" title="Stuart Bowen">Stuart Bowen</a>, which uncovered evidence of waste, fraud and abuse in the use of U.S. taxpayer dollars intended to help secure and rebuild Iraq. Lantos was an immediate and consistent critic of the troop surge advocated by President Bush. On the night in January 2007 that Bush announced his plan, Lantos responded, "I oppose the so-called surge that constitutes the centerpiece of the President's plan. Our efforts in Iraq are a mess, and throwing in more troops will not improve it."<sup id="cite_ref-thehill_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehill-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During a joint House hearing on September 10, 2007, featuring General <a href="/wiki/David_Petraeus" title="David Petraeus">David Petraeus</a> and Ambassador <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Crocker" title="Ryan Crocker">Ryan Crocker</a>, Lantos said: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The Administration's myopic policies in Iraq have created a fiasco. Is it any wonder that on the subject of Iraq, more and more Americans have little confidence in this Administration? We can not take ANY of this Administration's assertions on Iraq at face value anymore, and no amount of charts or statistics will improve its credibility. This is not a knock on you, General Petraeus, or on you, Ambassador Crocker. But the fact remains, gentlemen, that the Administration has sent you here today to convince the members of these two Committees and the Congress that victory is at hand. With all due respect to you, I must say ... I don't buy it.</p></blockquote> <p>At the same hearing, Lantos drew comparisons between some of the current U.S. activities in Iraq to U.S. support two decades earlier of <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islamic</a> militants in Afghanistan: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>America should not be in the business of arming, training and funding both sides of a religious civil war in Iraq. Did the Administration learn nothing from our country's actions in Afghanistan two decades ago, when by supporting Islamist militants against the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, we helped pave the way for the rise of the <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a>? Why are we now repeating the short-sighted patterns of the past?<sup id="cite_ref-TranscriptForeignAffairsCommittee_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TranscriptForeignAffairsCommittee-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Human_rights_advocate">Human rights advocate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Lantos&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Human rights advocate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lantos-Dalai_Lama.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Lantos-Dalai_Lama.jpg/220px-Lantos-Dalai_Lama.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Lantos-Dalai_Lama.jpg/330px-Lantos-Dalai_Lama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Lantos-Dalai_Lama.jpg/440px-Lantos-Dalai_Lama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="495" data-file-height="504" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Presenting the <a href="/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama" title="14th Dalai Lama">Dalai Lama</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Gold_Medal" title="Congressional Gold Medal">Congressional Gold Medal</a>, 2007</div></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tibet">Tibet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Lantos&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Tibet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As co-founder of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus in 1983 and as Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Foreign_Affairs" title="United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs">Foreign Affairs Committee</a>, Lantos would "stir the consciousness of world leaders and the public alike", according to Representative <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a>. She added: "Wherever there was injustice or oppression, he used his expertise and moral authority to put the United States on the side of justice and human rights". In 2007, in his effort to help the people of China and Tibet, he presented the <a href="/wiki/Dalai_Lama" title="Dalai Lama">Dalai Lama</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Gold_Medal" title="Congressional Gold Medal">Congressional Gold Medal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Darfur">Darfur</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Lantos&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Darfur"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On April 28, 2006, Lantos and four other Democratic U.S. Representatives, along with six other activists, took part in a <a href="/wiki/Civil_disobedience" title="Civil disobedience">civil disobedience</a> action in front of the <a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_missions_of_Sudan" class="mw-redirect" title="Diplomatic missions of Sudan">Sudanese embassy</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> They were protesting the role of the <a href="/wiki/Sudanese_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Sudanese government">Sudanese government</a> in carrying out <a href="/wiki/Genocide" title="Genocide">genocide</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Darfur_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="Darfur conflict">Darfur conflict</a> and were arrested for <a href="/wiki/Disorderly_conduct" title="Disorderly conduct">disorderly conduct</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hungarian_minorities">Hungarian minorities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Lantos&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Hungarian minorities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lantos was an activist for the rights of <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Hungarian people">Hungarian</a> minorities;<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a member of the US House of Representatives. In a 2007 letter he asked <a href="/wiki/Robert_Fico" title="Robert Fico">Robert Fico</a>, the Prime Minister of Slovakia to distance themselves from the <a href="/wiki/Bene%C5%A1_decrees" title="Beneš decrees">Beneš decrees</a>, a reasonable process in the <a href="/wiki/Hedvig_Malina" title="Hedvig Malina">Hedvig Malina</a> case, and to treat members of the <a href="/wiki/Hungarians_in_Slovakia" title="Hungarians in Slovakia">Hungarian minority</a> as equal.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The American Hungarian Federation recognized Congressman Lantos for his "Leadership in Support of Democracy, Human Rights and Minority Rights in Central and Eastern Europe", awarding him the organization's highest award, the "Col. Commandant Michael Kovats Medal of Freedom", at the October 19, 2005, Congressional Reception commemorating the 49th Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lebanon">Lebanon</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Lantos&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Lebanon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On August 27, 2006, at the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Foreign_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli Foreign Ministry">Israeli Foreign Ministry</a> building in <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>, Lantos said he would block a <a href="/wiki/Foreign_aid" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign aid">foreign aid</a> package promised by President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> to <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a> unless and until Beirut agreed to the deployment of international troops on the border with <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> and Lebanon takes control of its borders with Syria to prevent arms smuggling to Hezbollah guerrillas.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Morocco_and_Western_Sahara">Morocco and Western Sahara</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Lantos&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Morocco and Western Sahara"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lantos supported <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a>'s demand to gain sovereignty over <a href="/wiki/Western_Sahara" title="Western Sahara">Western Sahara</a>, and criticized the <a href="/wiki/Polisario_Front" title="Polisario Front">Polisario Front</a>, which demands independence for the disputed region. In 2007, he backed Morocco's proposal to make the region autonomous under Moroccan rule, saying: "I urge the leadership of the Polisario to realize that they will never again get such a good deal for the population they purport to represent."<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_legacy">Death and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Lantos&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Death and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tom_Lantos_grave,_Congressional_Cemetery,_Washington,_D.C..JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Tom_Lantos_grave%2C_Congressional_Cemetery%2C_Washington%2C_D.C..JPG/220px-Tom_Lantos_grave%2C_Congressional_Cemetery%2C_Washington%2C_D.C..JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="319" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Tom_Lantos_grave%2C_Congressional_Cemetery%2C_Washington%2C_D.C..JPG/330px-Tom_Lantos_grave%2C_Congressional_Cemetery%2C_Washington%2C_D.C..JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Tom_Lantos_grave%2C_Congressional_Cemetery%2C_Washington%2C_D.C..JPG/440px-Tom_Lantos_grave%2C_Congressional_Cemetery%2C_Washington%2C_D.C..JPG 2x" data-file-width="1931" data-file-height="2800" /></a><figcaption>Lantos's grave in <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Cemetery" title="Congressional Cemetery">Congressional Cemetery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> The letters at the bottom are a Hebrew acronym for <i>May his soul be bound up in the bond of eternal life</i>.</figcaption></figure> <p>On January 2, 2008, after having been diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Esophageal_cancer" title="Esophageal cancer">esophageal cancer</a>, Lantos announced he would not run for a 15th term in the House, but planned to complete his final term. In his statement, he said: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>It is only in the United States that a penniless survivor of the Holocaust and a fighter in the anti-<a href="/wiki/Nazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Nazi">Nazi</a> underground could have received an education, raised a family, and had the privilege of serving the last three decades of his life as a Member of Congress. I will never be able to express fully my profoundly felt gratitude to this great country."<sup id="cite_ref-NYT2_31-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT2-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Lantos died from complications of esophageal cancer at <a href="/wiki/Walter_Reed_National_Military_Medical_Center" title="Walter Reed National Military Medical Center">Walter Reed National Military Medical Center</a> on February 11, 2008, ten days after his 80th birthday, and eleven months before the end of his term.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT2_31-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT2-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Numerous politicians memorialized him; House Minority Whip <a href="/wiki/Roy_Blunt" title="Roy Blunt">Roy Blunt</a> called him "a man of uncommon integrity and sincere moral conviction — and a public servant who never wavered in his pursuit of a better, freer and more religiously tolerant world", and President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> called Lantos "a man of character and a champion of human rights" and "a living reminder that we must never turn a blind eye to the suffering of the innocent at the hands of evil men".<sup id="cite_ref-NYT2_31-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT2-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A memorial service was held for Lantos on February 14, 2008, at Statuary Hall in the Capitol. Speakers included Senator <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bono" title="Bono">Bono</a> of <a href="/wiki/U2_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="U2 (band)">U2</a>, Rep. <a href="/wiki/Steny_Hoyer" title="Steny Hoyer">Steny Hoyer</a>, UN Secretary-General <a href="/wiki/Ban_Ki-moon" title="Ban Ki-moon">Ban Ki-moon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israeli</a> foreign minister <a href="/wiki/Tzipi_Livni" title="Tzipi Livni">Tzipi Livni</a>, Speaker <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">Secretary of State</a> <a href="/wiki/Condoleezza_Rice" title="Condoleezza Rice">Condoleezza Rice</a>, Rep. <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Shays" class="mw-redirect" title="Christopher Shays">Christopher Shays</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elie_Wiesel" title="Elie Wiesel">Elie Wiesel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was buried in <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Cemetery" title="Congressional Cemetery">Congressional Cemetery</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/2008_California%27s_12th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2008 California's 12th congressional district special election">special election</a> was held to fill his seat on April 8, 2008, and was won by former <a href="/wiki/California_State_Senate" title="California State Senate">State Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Speier" title="Jackie Speier">Jackie Speier</a>, whom Lantos had endorsed.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 19, 2008, Bush posthumously awarded Lantos the Medal of Freedom. In a ceremony at the White House, Bush stated "We miss his vigorous defense of human rights and his powerful witness for the cause of human freedom. For a lifetime of leadership, for his commitment to liberty, and for his devoted service to his adopted nation, I am proud to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, posthumously, to Tom Lantos, and proud that his loving wife Annette will receive the award on behalf of his family."<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008, the <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Human_Rights_Caucus" class="mw-redirect" title="Congressional Human Rights Caucus">Congressional Human Rights Caucus</a>, which he founded in 1983, was renamed The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. Its mission is partly "to promote, defend and advocate internationally recognized human rights." The first Lantos Human Rights Prize was presented to the <a href="/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama" title="14th Dalai Lama">14th Dalai Lama</a> in 2009. In 2011, the institute was set up in Budapest to promote tolerance and support minority issues in central and eastern Europe and in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-Institute_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Institute-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the final weeks of his life, Lantos asked that a non-profit be established to carry on the work he felt so passionately about. The Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice was founded later that year to carry out that wish.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lantos's daughter, <a href="/wiki/Katrina_Swett" title="Katrina Swett">Katrina Lantos Swett</a>, serves as the Foundation's president and CEO. </p><p>On September 10, 2011, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Peninsula_Humane_Society_%26_SPCA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA (page does not exist)">Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA</a> officially opened the Tom and Annette Lantos Center for Compassion, located at 1450 Rollins Road in <a href="/wiki/Burlingame,_California" title="Burlingame, California">Burlingame, California</a>. The facility was funded with a naming gift in the Lantos's honor by <a href="/wiki/Oracle_Corporation" title="Oracle Corporation">Oracle</a> founder, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Ellison" title="Larry Ellison">Larry Ellison</a>, and his wife, Melanie.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Lantos_Tunnels" title="Tom Lantos Tunnels">Tom Lantos Tunnels</a> south of <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> have been named after the late Congressman, as has a street in <a href="/wiki/Netanya" title="Netanya">Netanya</a>, Israel.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBYO" title="BBYO">BBYO, Inc.</a> (formerly B'nai B'rith Youth Organization) chapter honored Tom Lantos's legacy by naming the chapter in his honor. Lantos AZA #2539 now thrives in the Rockville, Maryland, area.</li></ul> <p>Budapest named a promenade in the city in honor of Lantos in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lantos received the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Merit_of_the_Republic_of_Hungary" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary">Grand Cross</a>, Hungary's highest civilian honor.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Congressional_scorecards">Congressional scorecards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Lantos&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Congressional scorecards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>See also </p> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/26739">Profile</a> at <a href="/wiki/Vote_Smart" title="Vote Smart">Vote Smart</a><sup><i>[all links dead]</i></sup></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Project_Vote_Smart" class="mw-redirect" title="Project Vote Smart">Project Vote Smart</a> provides the following results from congressional scorecards.<sup id="cite_ref-Project_Vote_Smart_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Project_Vote_Smart-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union" title="American Civil Liberties Union">American Civil Liberties Union</a> – 91% for 2005–2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Americans_for_Democratic_Action" title="Americans for Democratic Action">Americans for Democratic Action</a> – 100% for 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Land_Rights_Association" title="American Land Rights Association">American Land Rights Association</a> – 9% for 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Americans_for_Tax_Reform" title="Americans for Tax Reform">Americans for Tax Reform</a> – 0% for 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Animal_Welfare_Institute" title="Animal Welfare Institute">Animal Welfare Institute</a> Compassion Index – 100% for 2007</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFL%E2%80%93CIO" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL–CIO">AFL–CIO</a> – 100% in 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campaign_for_America%27s_Future" title="Campaign for America's Future">Campaign for America's Future</a> – 100% for 2005–2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Birch_Society" title="John Birch Society">Conservative Index (John Birch Society)</a> – 11% for fall 2004</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Defense_Fund" title="Children's Defense Fund">Children's Defense Fund</a> – 100% for 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drug_Policy_Alliance" title="Drug Policy Alliance">Drug Policy Alliance</a> – 83% for 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drum_Major_Institute" title="Drum Major Institute">Drum Major Institute</a> – 100% for 2005</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Family_Research_Council" title="Family Research Council">Family Research Council</a> – 0% for 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FreedomWorks" title="FreedomWorks">FreedomWorks</a> – 0% for 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_Owners_of_America" title="Gun Owners of America">Gun Owners of America</a> – 0% for 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humane_Society_of_the_United_States" title="Humane Society of the United States">Humane Society of the United States</a> – 100% for 2005–2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_of_Conservation_Voters" title="League of Conservation Voters">League of Conservation Voters</a> – 92% for 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NARAL_Pro-Choice_America" class="mw-redirect" title="NARAL Pro-Choice America">NARAL Pro-Choice America</a> – 100% for 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Wheat_Growers" title="National Association of Wheat Growers">National Association of Wheat Growers</a> – 37% for 2005</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Education_Association" title="National Education Association">National Education Association</a> – 100% for 2005–2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Federation_of_Independent_Business" title="National Federation of Independent Business">National Federation of Independent Business</a> – 14% for 2005–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/National_Journal" title="National Journal">National Journal</a></i> – Composite liberal score of 86.2% for 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Organization_for_the_Reform_of_Marijuana_Laws" title="National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws">National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws</a> – 20 for 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Organization_for_Women" title="National Organization for Women">National Organization for Women</a> – 95% for 2005–2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NRA_Political_Victory_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="NRA Political Victory Fund">NRA Political Victory Fund</a> – F for 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Right_to_Life_Committee" title="National Right to Life Committee">National Right to Life Committee</a> – 0% for 2005–2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Taxpayers_Union" title="National Taxpayers Union">National Taxpayers Union</a> – 10% for 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Population_Connection" title="Population Connection">Population Connection</a> – 100% for 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Liberty_Caucus" title="Republican Liberty Caucus">Republican Liberty Caucus</a> – 16% for 2005</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secular_Coalition_for_America" title="Secular Coalition for America">Secular Coalition for America</a> – 70% on 2006 scorecards<sup id="cite_ref-SCA_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SCA-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Chamber_of_Commerce" title="United States Chamber of Commerce">United States Chamber of Commerce</a> – 33% for 2006</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Lantos&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During a 1996 congressional inquiry into the <a href="/wiki/White_House_FBI_files_controversy" title="White House FBI files controversy">Filegate scandal</a>, Lantos told witness Craig Livingstone that "with an infinitely more distinguished public record than yours, <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Michael_Boorda" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeremy Michael Boorda">Admiral Boorda</a> committed <a href="/wiki/Suicide" title="Suicide">suicide</a> when he may have committed a minor mistake". Boorda, the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Chief of Naval Operations</a>, had taken his own life after his right to wear <a href="/wiki/Combat_V" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat V">Combat V</a> decorations had been questioned. Lantos was criticized by some (including fellow Congressman <a href="/wiki/Joe_Scarborough" title="Joe Scarborough">Joe Scarborough</a>) for this comment.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 3, 2000, Lantos was involved in an automobile accident while driving on <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Hill" title="Capitol Hill">Capitol Hill</a>. He drove over a young boy's foot and then failed to stop his vehicle and was later fined over the incident for inattentive driving.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2002, Lantos, who was on the House Committee on International Affairs, took <a href="/wiki/Colette_Avital" title="Colette Avital">Colette Avital</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Labor_Party_(Israel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Labor Party (Israel)">Labor Party</a> member of the Israeli <a href="/wiki/Knesset" title="Knesset">Knesset</a>, by the hand and, according to <i><a href="/wiki/Haaretz" title="Haaretz">Haaretz</a></i>, tried to reassure her with these words: "My dear Colette, don't worry. You won't have any problem with <a href="/wiki/Saddam_Hussein" title="Saddam Hussein">Saddam</a>. We'll be rid of the bastard soon enough. And in his place we'll install a pro-Western dictator, who will be good for us and for you."<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later denied saying this, but Avital confirmed it, according to Ben Terrall, an adviser to Maad H. Abu-Ghazalah, a <a href="/wiki/U.S._Libertarian_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Libertarian Party">Libertarian Party</a> candidate who ran against Lantos that year.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In June 2007, Lantos called former German Chancellor <a href="/wiki/Gerhard_Schr%C3%B6der" title="Gerhard Schröder">Gerhard Schröder</a> a "political prostitute" at the dedication ceremony of the <a href="/wiki/Victims_of_Communism_Memorial" title="Victims of Communism Memorial">Victims of Communism Memorial</a>, which caused a political backlash from the <a href="/wiki/German_government" class="mw-redirect" title="German government">German government</a>. Lantos was referring to Schröder's <a href="/wiki/Nord_Stream_AG" title="Nord Stream AG">ties to energy business</a> in <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, and remarked that this appellation would offend prostitutes.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2007, Dutch parliamentarians said Lantos insulted them while discussing the <a href="/wiki/War_on_Terror" class="mw-redirect" title="War on Terror">War on Terror</a> by stating that the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> had to help the United States because it liberated them in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, while adding that "Europe was not as outraged by <a href="/wiki/Auschwitz" class="mw-redirect" title="Auschwitz">Auschwitz</a> as by <a href="/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp" title="Guantanamo Bay detention camp">Guantanamo Bay</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 6, 2008, <a href="/wiki/FBI" class="mw-redirect" title="FBI">FBI</a> whistleblower <a href="/wiki/Sibel_Edmonds" title="Sibel Edmonds">Sibel Edmonds</a> included Lantos's photograph among others featured in the "<a href="/wiki/State_Secrets_Privilege" class="mw-redirect" title="State Secrets Privilege">State Secrets Privilege</a> Gallery" posted on her website, composing images of figures considered to be relevant to her case.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 8, 2009, she gave sworn testimony about Lantos and others during a witness deposition before the Ohio Elections Commission in the <i><a href="/wiki/Jean_Schmidt" title="Jean Schmidt">Schmidt</a> v. <a href="/wiki/David_Krikorian" title="David Krikorian">Krikorian</a></i> case, in which she alleged that he had engaged in "[N]ot only ... bribe[ry], but also ... disclosing highest level protected U.S. intelligence and weapons technology information both to <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> and to <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>. ... other very serious criminal conduct."<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Lantos&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"> <caption><span data-sort-value="California11 !"><a href="/wiki/California%27s_11th_congressional_district" title="California's 11th congressional district">California's 11th congressional district</a></span>: Results 1980–1990<sup id="cite_ref-clerkresults_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clerkresults-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th> </th> <th>Democratic </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>Pct </th> <th> </th> <th>Republican </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>Pct </th> <th> </th> <th>3rd Party </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>Pct </th> <th> </th> <th>3rd Party </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>Pct </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1980_U.S._House_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1980 U.S. House election">1980</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><span class="nowrap"><b>Tom Lantos</b></span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right">85,823 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Bill Royer </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right">80,100 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">43% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#00FF00">Wilson Branch </td> <td style="background:#00FF00"><a href="/wiki/Peace_and_Freedom_Party" title="Peace and Freedom Party">Peace and Freedom</a> </td> <td style="background:#00FF00" align="right">13,723 </td> <td style="background:#00FF00" align="right">7% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#FED105"><span class="nowrap">William S.</span> <span class="nowrap">Wade, Jr.</span> </td> <td style="background:#FED105"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">3,816 </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">2% </td> <td><b>*</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1982_U.S._House_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1982 U.S. House election">1982</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><span class="nowrap"><b>Tom Lantos</b></span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right">109,812 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">57% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Bill Royer </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right">76,462 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#FED105">Chuck Olson </td> <td style="background:#FED105"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">2,920 </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">2% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#00FF00">Wilson Branch </td> <td style="background:#00FF00"><a href="/wiki/Peace_and_Freedom_Party" title="Peace and Freedom Party">Peace and Freedom</a> </td> <td style="background:#00FF00" align="right">1,928 </td> <td style="background:#00FF00" align="right">1% </td> <td><b>*</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1984_U.S._House_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1984 U.S. House election">1984</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><span class="nowrap"><b>Tom Lantos</b></span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right">147,607 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">70% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Jack Hickey </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right">59,625 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">28% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#D99FE8"><span class="nowrap">Nicholas W.</span> Kudrovzeff </td> <td style="background:#D99FE8"><a href="/wiki/American_Independent_Party" title="American Independent Party">American Independent</a> </td> <td style="background:#D99FE8" align="right">3,883 </td> <td style="background:#D99FE8" align="right">2% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1986_U.S._House_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1986 U.S. House election">1986</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><span class="nowrap"><b>Tom Lantos</b></span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right">112,380 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">74% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Bill Quraishi </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right">39,315 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">26% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1988_U.S._House_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1988 U.S. House election">1988</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><span class="nowrap"><b>Tom Lantos</b></span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right">145,484 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">71% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Bill Quraishi </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right">50,050 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">24% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#FED105">Bill Wade </td> <td style="background:#FED105"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">4,683 </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">2% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#00FF00">Victor Martinez </td> <td style="background:#00FF00"><a href="/wiki/Peace_and_Freedom_Party" title="Peace and Freedom Party">Peace and Freedom</a> </td> <td style="background:#00FF00" align="right">2,906 </td> <td style="background:#00FF00" align="right">1% </td> <td><b>*</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1990_U.S._House_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1990 U.S. House election">1990</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><span class="nowrap"><b>Tom Lantos</b></span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right">105,029 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">66% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Bill Quraishi </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right">45,818 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#FED105">June R. Genis </td> <td style="background:#FED105"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">8,518 </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">5% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>*Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 1980, Nicholas W. Kudrovzeff, <a href="/wiki/American_Independent_Party" title="American Independent Party">American Independent Party</a>, received 1,550 votes (1%). In 1982, Nicholas W. Kudrovzeff, <a href="/wiki/American_Independent_Party" title="American Independent Party">American Independent Party</a>, received 1,250 votes (1%). In 1988, Nicholas W. Kudrovzeff, <a href="/wiki/American_Independent_Party" title="American Independent Party">American Independent Party</a>, received 1,893 votes (1%). </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"> <caption><span data-sort-value="California12 !"><a href="/wiki/California%27s_12th_congressional_district" title="California's 12th congressional district">California's 12th congressional district</a></span>: Results 1992–2006<sup id="cite_ref-clerkresults_66-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clerkresults-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th> </th> <th>Democratic </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>Pct </th> <th> </th> <th>Republican </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>Pct </th> <th> </th> <th>3rd Party </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>Pct </th> <th> </th> <th>3rd Party </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>Pct </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1992_U.S._House_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1992 U.S. House election">1992</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><span class="nowrap"><b>Tom Lantos</b></span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right">157,205 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">69% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Jim Tomlin </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right">53,278 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">23% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#00FF00">Mary Weldon </td> <td style="background:#00FF00"><a href="/wiki/Peace_and_Freedom_Party" title="Peace and Freedom Party">Peace and Freedom</a> </td> <td style="background:#00FF00" align="right">10,142 </td> <td style="background:#00FF00" align="right">4% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#FED105">George O'Brien </td> <td style="background:#FED105"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">7,782 </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">3% </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_U.S._House_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1994 U.S. House election">1994</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>Tom Lantos</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right">118,408 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">67% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><span class="nowrap">Deborah Wilder</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right">57,228 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1996_U.S._House_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1996 U.S. House election">1996</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>Tom Lantos</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right">149,049 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">72% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Storm Jenkins </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right">49,276 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">24% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#FED105">Christopher V.A. Schmidt </td> <td style="background:#FED105"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">6,111 </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">3% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">Richard Borg </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC"><a href="/wiki/Natural_Law_Party_(United_States)" title="Natural Law Party (United States)">Natural Law</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">3,472 </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">2% </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_U.S._House_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 U.S. House election">1998</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>Tom Lantos</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right">128,135 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">74% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><span class="nowrap">Robert Evans, Jr.</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right">36,562 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">21% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#FED105">Michael J. Moloney </td> <td style="background:#FED105"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">8,515 </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">5% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_U.S._House_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 U.S. House election">2000</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>Tom Lantos</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right">158,404 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">75% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Mike Garza </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right">44,162 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">21% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#FED105">Barbara J. Less </td> <td style="background:#FED105"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">6,431 </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">3% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">Rifkin Young </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC"><a href="/wiki/Natural_Law_Party_(United_States)" title="Natural Law Party (United States)">Natural Law</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">3,559 </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC" align="right">2% </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2002_U.S._House_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2002 U.S. House election">2002</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>Tom Lantos</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right">105,597 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">68% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><span class="nowrap">Michael Moloney</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right">38,381 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">25% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#FED105">Maad H. Abu-Ghazalah </td> <td style="background:#FED105"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">11,006 </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">7% </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_U.S._House_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 U.S. House election">2004</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>Tom Lantos</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right">171,852 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">68% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Mike Garza </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right">52,593 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">21% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#17aa5c">Pat Gray </td> <td style="background:#17aa5c"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Party (United States)">Green</a> </td> <td style="background:#17aa5c" align="right">23,038 </td> <td style="background:#17aa5c" align="right">9% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#FED105">Harland Harrison </td> <td style="background:#FED105"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">5,116 </td> <td style="background:#FED105" align="right">2% </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2006_U.S._House_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 U.S. House election">2006</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>Tom Lantos</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="right">138,650 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">76% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Michael Moloney </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="right">43,674 </td> <td 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Rights Commission</a> </b><br />1995–2007 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Wolf_(politician)" title="Frank Wolf (politician)">Frank Wolf</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Gejdenson" title="Sam Gejdenson">Sam Gejdenson</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Ranking Member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Foreign_Affairs" title="United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs">House International Relations Committee</a> </b><br />2001–2007 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Ileana_Ros-Lehtinen" title="Ileana Ros-Lehtinen">Ileana Ros-Lehtinen</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Hyde" title="Henry Hyde">Henry Hyde</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Foreign_Affairs" title="United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs">House Foreign Affairs Committee</a> </b><br />2007–2008 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Howard_Berman" title="Howard Berman">Howard Berman</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Wolf_(politician)" title="Frank Wolf (politician)">Frank Wolf</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chair of the <a href="/wiki/Tom_Lantos_Human_Rights_Commission" title="Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission">House Human Rights Commission</a> </b><br />2007–2008 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