Topic: Tom Lantos
Quotes
It is only in the United States that a penniless survivor of the Holocaust and a fighter in the anti-Nazi underground could have received an education, raised a family, and had the privilege of serving the lasts three decades of his life as a member of Congress
U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., dead at 80 Feb 11, 2008
While technologically and financially you are giants, morally you are pygmies
Yahoo! chief berated on China dissident Nov 06, 2007
It is simply outrageous that we are mired in the same mud of incompetence that we got stuck in last year and the year before that
Iraq watchdog sees 'success and failure' May 23, 2007
Members of Congress are not simply potted plants, though the White House apparently would like them to be
Congress busy with Easter junkets Apr 16, 2007
Two generations ago, the civilized world stood in silence and looked away
Five members of Congress arrested Apr 28, 2006
Thomas Peter Lantos (February 1, 1928 – February 11, 2008) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 until his death, representing the northern two-thirds of San Mateo County and a portion of southwest San Francisco. Lantos had announced in early January 2008 that he would not run for reelection because of cancer of the esophagus, but died before finishing his term. Lantos was the only Holocaust survivor to have served in the United States Congress.
Born as Lantos Tamás Péter (Hungarian pronunciation: ) to a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary, Lantos was part of a resistance movement against the Nazis during the German occupation of Hungary. In his floor speeches, he sometimes referred to himself as one of the few living members of Congress who had fought against fascism.
He sought refuge in a safe house established by Raoul Wallenberg. He moved to the United States in 1947, and though he became fluent in English, he retained a marked Hungarian accent for the rest of his life. In 1981, Lantos sponsored a bill making Wallenberg an Honorary Citizen of the United States.
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