Congressman Cohen Remembers Tom Lantos
February 11, 2008
Congressman Steve Cohen remembers the late Congressman Tom Lantos (CA-12) during a tribute on the Floor of the House on Tuesday, February 15. Congressman Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor ever to serve in Congress, passed away on Monday due to complications from cancer of the esophagus at Bethesda Naval Medical Center in Maryland. He was 80. He had served the 12th District of California since 1980.