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Tom Lantos
Late Congress member to get top honor
- The late Rep. Tom Lantos will receive the country’s highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the White House announced Wednesday.
Lantos reverently remembered at memorial service
- From Tibet to the Bay Area, Rep. Tom Lantos, who always called himself “an American by choice,” left behind a world of heavy hearts, said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday during a memorial to the 27-year Congress member. “Without Tom, I wouldn’t have been able to make that trip to meet with the Dalai Lama,” Pelosi said. “No matter where he went, Tom was never afraid to speak his mind about civil rights. His death was a terrible loss for this country, sad for this district, his constituents and the people he represented.”
- From Tibet to the Bay Area, Rep. Tom Lantos, who always called himself “an American by choice,” left behind a world of heavy hearts, said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday during a memorial to the 27-year Congress member. “Without Tom, I wouldn’t have been able to make that trip to meet with the Dalai Lama,” Pelosi said. “No matter where he went, Tom was never afraid to speak his mind about civil rights. His death was a terrible loss for this country, sad for this district, his constituents and the people he represented.”
Holocaust survivor left mark on Peninsula, nation, world
- Moments before police arrested Rep. Tom Lantos in a 2006 protest at the Sudanese Embassy, the elder statesman climbed the steps and gazed over the assembled religious leaders, lawmakers and students with an air of command.
- Moments before police arrested Rep. Tom Lantos in a 2006 protest at the Sudanese Embassy, the elder statesman climbed the steps and gazed over the assembled religious leaders, lawmakers and students with an air of command.