Honorable Tom Lantos
United States Representative, California, Democrat
Representative Lantos was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 1980. He chairs the International Relations Committee. The following is excerpted from the February 14–16, 2007, House floor debate on H. Con. Res. 63, the Iraq War Resolution. It is too late to go back andmake right all that has gone wrong in Iraq, and clearly carrying on withmore of the same will do no good. But the administration has yet to learn thatyou cannot unscramble an omelet. Instead, it is trying to add to the mixanother 21,500 men and women who deserve better than that. …
