Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission/Related Articles

See also changes related to Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, or pages that link to Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission or to this page or whose text contains "Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission".

---

Parent topics

• U.S. House of Representatives [r]: The lower house of the United States Congress. ^[e]
• Human rights [r]: Natural civil and political rights considered universal and applicable to all human beings worldwide. ^[e]
  • Universal Declaration of Human Rights [r]: Declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, consisting of 30 articles with definitions of civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights. ^[e]
• Tom Lantos [r]: (1928-2008) U.S. Representative (D-California) from 1980 to his death, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress, the founder of human rights organizations in the House, and a strong supporter of the State of Israel ^[e]

Subtopics

Leadership

• James McGovern [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Frank Wolf [r]: U.S. Representative (R-Virginia); House Appropriations Committee: ranking minority member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science, Subcommittee on Transportation, Subcommitee on Housing and Urban Development; Congressional Caucus on Bosnia; co-chair, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission; co-chair Congressional Sudan Caucus; Congressional Internet Caucus ^[e]
• Tammy Baldwin [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Wisconsin); 0% "true liberal" 2008 rating from American Conservative Union; voted against 2002 Iraq War authorization; Congressional Progressive Caucus; Out of Iraq Caucus ^[e] ; executive committee, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
• Anh Cao [r]: Called "Joseph", U.S. Representative (R-Louisiana), U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; sole House Republican to vote for H.R. 3962 healthcare bill; executive committee, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission; Executive board, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus ^[e]
• Donna Edwards [r]: Vice Chair, Congressional Progressive Caucus; U.S House of Representatives (D-Maryland); executive committee, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission ^[e]
• Trent Franks [r]: U.S. Representative (R-Arizona), U.S. House Armed Services Committee; House Judiciary Committee; Republican Study Committee; executive committee, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission; 100% American Conservative Union rating, 2008; children's advocate affiliated with Gary Bauer and Focus on the Family ^[e]
• Keith Ellison [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Minnesota); Financial Services and House Foreign Affairs Committees; first Muslim American elected to Congress; Vice Chair, Congressional Progressive Caucus; Congressional Black Caucus; executive committee, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission; 0% "true liberal" 2008 rating from American Conservative Union ^[e]
• Joseph Pitts [r]: U.S. Representative (R-Pennsylvania); U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea; Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission; 100% American Conservative Union rating, 2008 ^[e]
• Janice Schakowsky [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Illinois (U.S. state)),, Chief Deputy Majority Whip, Democratic Steering and Policy Committee; House Energy and Commerce Committee: Vice-Chair Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, member of the Subcommittees on Health and Oversight and Investigations; House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; opposed the 2002 Iraq War, and was a founding member of Out-of-Iraq Caucus; executive committee, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission; Associate member, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus ^[e]
• Christopher Smith [r]: U.S. Representative (R-New Jersey) House Foreign Affairs Committee ^[e]