Congressman Tom Lantos — Biography http://www.house.gov/lantos/html_files/biography.html BIOGRAPHY OF CONGRESSMAN TOM LANTOS Tom Lantos was elected to his eleventh term in the U.S. House of Representatives in November 2000. He was first elected to Congress in November 1980 by the lowest plurality of any Member of Congress that year - 46% to his opponent's 43%. In 2000, he was reelected with 75% of the vote. An American by choice, Tom Lantos was born in Budapest, Hungary, on February 1, 1928. 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. Tom was awarded an academic scholarship to study in the United States, and he arrived here in 1947. He received a B.A. and M.A. in Economics from the University of Washington in Seattle and later HOME PAGE earned a Ph.D. in Economics from the Cofigressman Tom Lantos with Grgt University of California, Berkeley. For three decades before his election to Congress (1950-1980), Tom Lantos was a professor of economics, an international affairs analyst for public television, and a consultant to a number businesses. He also served in senior advisory roles to members of the United States Senate. Committee Assianements I Leaislative and Investiaative Activities I Personal and Family Background lofl 26/11/20019:31PM Congressman Frank R. Wolf http://www.house.gov/wolf7Biography.htin Biography Contact Me "What renders Frank Wolf truly special are the high Biography levels of integrity and trust he brings to his legislative work. He is a man driven by deeply held principles, a man guided in his duties by a profound sense of right and : Constituent Services wrong." -The Winchester Star, October, 2000 In the Newsroom Voting Record I Frank R. Wolf was first elected to Congress in 1980 from Virginia's 1 Oth Congressional District which Kids' Page includes the counties of Loudoun, Clarke, Frederick, Warren, Fauquier, Rappahannock, Places & Faces Page, and Shenandoah, parts of Fairfax, Prince William, and Rockingham counties, Federal Links and the cities of Winchester, Manassas, and Manassas Park. Congressman Virginia Links Wolf is a member of the House Appropriations Committee which oversees the budgets of all federal agencies. He serves on three subcommittees — Tenth District Links Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, of which he is the Chairman, Transportation, and Treasury-Postal Service-General Government. In addition, i Privacy Statement he the Co-Chairman of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus and serves on the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), also known as the Helsinki Commission. His committee assignments allow Congressman Wolf an ideal vantage point from which to address major concerns of his constituents. Congressman Wolf has been a long standing advocate issues such as regional transportation improvements, telecommuting, the healthy growth of the local and national economy, and fair treatment of active and retired federal workers. He has also worked tirelessly to preserve the essence of the American family, to fight against the destructive spread of gambling, and is renowned as a protector of human rights around the world. During his tenure in Congress, Frank Wolf has worked to improve the efficiency and capacity of Virginia's transportation infrastructure. Wolf has championed projects such as the construction of additional lanes on 1-66 from the Capital Beltway to Route 29 at Gainesville, reduction of high occupancy vehicle requirements (HOV) on 1-66 to HOV-2 inside the Capital Beltway and construction of an interchange at 1-66 and the Route 234 Manassas bypass. Recognizing the importance of mass transit, Wolf has worked toward the completion of the 103-mile metro system, Express Bus Service in the Dulles Airport corridor, additional park-and-ride lots and improvements to the Virginia Railway Express (VRE) commuter rail system. Fnrniino nn thp safptv nf hiohwav transnnrtatinn Wnlf Viac workerl with Iof3 26/11/2001 9:32 PM Congressman Frank R. Wolf http://www.house.gov/wolf/Biography.htm the National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) to develop a child safety video focusing on the proper use of child safety seats and air-bag restraints. Wolf was a leader in the effort to transfer control of Washington Dulles and National airports from the federal government to a regional operating authority ~ a change that has helped to create thousands of new jobs and to make Dulles the fastest growing airport in America. He also worked for the passage of legislation to locate the planned extension of the National Air & Space Museum at Washington Dulles International Airport. The museum annex will bolster the local economy as a tourist attraction by attracting tens-of-thousands of visitors to the area each year as well as preserving historically significant aircraft. Congressman Wolf has worked with local governments and communities to promote the region's industry by utilizing Virginia's two gateway airports to market scenic and historic attractions to domestic and foreign tourists. Recognizing the need to preserve the Shenandoah Valley's distinct Civil War heritage and expand tourism, Wolf introduced legislation establishing the "Shenandoah National Battlefields Historic District" protecting Civil War battlefields throughout the Valley. The legislation was supported by property owners, local elected officials, historians, preservationists and citizens alike and was signed into law in 1996. In an effort to protect local jobs and keep a strong economy, Frank Wolf secured provisions for the Virginia Inland Port at Front Royal to retain its U.S. Customs port of entry status permanently, enabling it to continue to attract international commerce. It was also through his efforts that the Winchester Regional Airport retained its Customs official. In keeping with his commitment to preserve a high-quality federal workforce, Frank Wolf has worked for many family-friendly workplace policies such as child care, job sharing, leave sharing, flexiplace and telecommuting. He authored legislation to help establish several federal telecommuting centers located outside Washington, D.C., where employees can conveniently perform their regular duties and remain in contact with their offices in the nation's capital via computer, fax machine and telephone. The nation's first federal center is located in the city of Winchester. The pilot centers help alleviate traffic congestion, improve office productivity, and allow employees to spend more time with their families. Citing the alarming increase in illegal drug use by teenagers, Wolf sponsored a summit for parents, educators and the law enforcement community to learn about the problem in Virginia. America's 'drug czar' Barry McCaffrey was the featured speaker. In addition, Wolf hosted a district-wide workshop to assist communities in developing local anti-drug coalitions and has worked with individual community efforts. Recognizing the huge expansion of legalized gambling and local governments' increasing reliance on gambling revenues, Wolf introduced and passed into law legislation establishing the National Gambling Impact Study 2 of 3 26/11/2001 9:32 PM Congressman Frank R. Wolf http ://www.house.gov/wolf/B iography.htm Commission. The nine-member panel will have two years to conduct an objective evaluation of gambling's effects within communities on crime, corruption, economies and families. The commission will produce a report on the effects of gambling which individual communities can use when making their own decisions about gambling. Frank Wolf has worked to improve human rights and basic living conditions for refugees in many parts of the world, including El Salvador, the horn of Africa, Southeast Asia, and eastern Europe. He has visited the People's Republic of China and met with Premier Li Peng to discuss human rights, religious freedom, illegal exportation of prison-made goods, and other issues tied to the granting of most favored nation (MFN) trade status to China. Wolf also visited Beijing prison No. 1, where at least 40 Tiananmen Square demonstrators have been imprisoned. In addition, Wolf visited political prisoners in the Soviet Union gulag, Perm Camp 35, during its last year of existence. Wolf visited a Serb-run prison camp inside Bosnia-Hercegovina to observe human rights conditions during the Bosnian War and led Congressional efforts to withdraw MFN trade status from both Serbia and Croatia, he has also worked to call attention to the human rights abuses and religious persecution in Romania, Sudan, Nagorno-Karabakh, Chechnya, East Timor, Vietnam, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Congressman Wolf has a long-standing reputation for providing excellent constituent services. The National Journal publication, The Almanac of American Politics 1992, said Rep. Wolf "maintains a crackerjack constituency service operation." His district offices in Herndon and Winchester specialize in working with all federal departments and agencies to assist citizens in solving a wide range of individual problems. Frank Wolf was born in 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he attended public schools. He received his B.A. degree from Penn State University in 1961 and his law degree from Ggorgetown University in 1965. Prior to his election to Congress, he was employed on a congressional staff, at the Department of the Interior, and as an attorney. He lives in Vienna with his wife Carolyn. They are the parents of five children. Top/Home 3 of 3 26/11/2001 9:32 PM Congressman Jose E. Serrano, NY 16 http://www.house.gov/serrano/profiles.htm Profiles Biography n Biografia 16th Congressional District 1 ofl 26/11/2001 9:36 PM Congressman Jose E. Serrano, NY 16 http://www.house.gov/serrano/bio.html Biography June 1999 Rep. Jose E. Serrano (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary, and related agencies of the exclusive and powerful Mouse Appropriations Committee, represents New York's 16th Congressional District in the South Bronx.