Tom Lantos dies

Rep. Tom Lantos, a California Democrat who chaired the House Foreign Affairs Committee, died early Monday morning after a bout with esophageal cancer, according to a release by his office. He was 80.

Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress, died at Bethesda Naval Medical Center, according to the release.

Lantos disclosed last month that he had been diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus and would not seek another term in the House.