Speakers & VIPs

The Honorable Tom Lantos

Tom Lantos is currently serving his 13th term in the House of Representatives. An American by choice, Tom Lantos was born in Budapest, Hungary. He was 16 years old when Nazi Germany occupied his native country. As a teenager, he was a member of the anti-Nazi underground and later of the anti-Communist student movement. He is the only Holocaust survivor ever to serve in the U.S. Congress. He has a strong record on environment protection and has fought for reform of our nation's energy policy.

As the ranking Democratic member of the House International Relations Committee, Tom Lantos is a strong voice for responsible international involvement, particularly for human rights. In 1983 he was the founder of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, and he continues to serve as its Co-Chairman. Tom and his wife Annette are the parents of two daughters and 17 grandchildren.