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Armenian National Committee of Washington State
c/o Armen Abrahamian, Chair
Bellevue, WA 98008
Web: www.anca.org
PRESS RELEASE
April 12, 2007
Contact: Armen Abrahamian
Email: (818) 500-1918
ANC of Washington State Welcomes Cosponsorship Support of Congressman
Dave Reichert (R-WA-08)
-- Washington Republican Agrees to Join Over 185 Cosponsors of H. Res. 106
Mercer Island, WA - The Armenian National Committee of Washington State
(ANC WA) welcomed the cosponsorship support of Congressman Dave Reichert
(R-WA-08) for H. Res. 106, the Armenian Genocide Resolution.
Congressman Reichert joins over 185 Members of the U.S. House of
Representatives as a cosponsor of H. Res. 106. The numbers of
cosponsors continue to grow as Congress nears the end of its two-week
recess.
Congressman Reichert serves as Representative from the Eighth
Congressional District of Washington. As a Representative, Cong.
Reichert serves on three committees: Homeland Security, Transportation
and Infrastructure and Science and Technology. Congressman Reichert has
a leadership role in the Committee on Homeland Security, and serves as
the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information
Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
Local action by ANC WA activists and area constituents crystallized in
the form of a district meeting held in the Congressman's local Mercer
Island, WA district office on March 16, 2007. This district meeting,
supplemented by constituent calls, webfaxes and a Capitol Hill meeting
between ANCA-WR Executive Director Andrew Kzirian and Congressman
Reichert's Foreign Affairs Legislative Aide Kim Trinh culminated in the
Congressman's agreement to cosponsor H. Res. 106.
The Mercer Island district meeting, which was initiated by local
activists with the Congressman's district office, allowed for staff to
become more informed about issues of concern to the Armenian American
community. The ANC WA thanked Congressman Reichert in a letter
addressed to his office shortly after discovering the Congressman's
decision to support H. Res. 106. "The ANC of Washington looks forward
to continuing its relationship with Congressman Reichert's office,"
stated ANC WA Chairman Armen Abrahamian. "The meeting was an exercise in
civic responsibility and we will strive to reach out to more members of
the Armenian American community here in Washington State," he added.
"We are extremely pleased to learn of Congressman Reichert's agreement
to cosponsor H. Res. 106," stated Kzirian. "Constituents and local ANC
activists everywhere across the Western United States are doing their
part to inform Congressional staffers and raise awareness on issues of
concern to the community," added Kzirian.
The Armenian National Committee of America is the largest and most
influential Armenian American grassroots political organization. Working
in coordination with a network of offices, chapters, and supporters
throughout the United States and affiliated organizations around the
world, the ANCA actively advances the concerns of the Armenian American
community on a broad range of issues.
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PHOTO CAPTION: Congressman Dave Reichert (R-WA-08).
c/o Armen Abrahamian, Chair
Bellevue, WA 98008
Web: www.anca.org
PRESS RELEASE
April 12, 2007
Contact: Armen Abrahamian
Email: (818) 500-1918
ANC of Washington State Welcomes Cosponsorship Support of Congressman
Dave Reichert (R-WA-08)
-- Washington Republican Agrees to Join Over 185 Cosponsors of H. Res. 106
Mercer Island, WA - The Armenian National Committee of Washington State
(ANC WA) welcomed the cosponsorship support of Congressman Dave Reichert
(R-WA-08) for H. Res. 106, the Armenian Genocide Resolution.
Congressman Reichert joins over 185 Members of the U.S. House of
Representatives as a cosponsor of H. Res. 106. The numbers of
cosponsors continue to grow as Congress nears the end of its two-week
recess.
Congressman Reichert serves as Representative from the Eighth
Congressional District of Washington. As a Representative, Cong.
Reichert serves on three committees: Homeland Security, Transportation
and Infrastructure and Science and Technology. Congressman Reichert has
a leadership role in the Committee on Homeland Security, and serves as
the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information
Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
Local action by ANC WA activists and area constituents crystallized in
the form of a district meeting held in the Congressman's local Mercer
Island, WA district office on March 16, 2007. This district meeting,
supplemented by constituent calls, webfaxes and a Capitol Hill meeting
between ANCA-WR Executive Director Andrew Kzirian and Congressman
Reichert's Foreign Affairs Legislative Aide Kim Trinh culminated in the
Congressman's agreement to cosponsor H. Res. 106.
The Mercer Island district meeting, which was initiated by local
activists with the Congressman's district office, allowed for staff to
become more informed about issues of concern to the Armenian American
community. The ANC WA thanked Congressman Reichert in a letter
addressed to his office shortly after discovering the Congressman's
decision to support H. Res. 106. "The ANC of Washington looks forward
to continuing its relationship with Congressman Reichert's office,"
stated ANC WA Chairman Armen Abrahamian. "The meeting was an exercise in
civic responsibility and we will strive to reach out to more members of
the Armenian American community here in Washington State," he added.
"We are extremely pleased to learn of Congressman Reichert's agreement
to cosponsor H. Res. 106," stated Kzirian. "Constituents and local ANC
activists everywhere across the Western United States are doing their
part to inform Congressional staffers and raise awareness on issues of
concern to the community," added Kzirian.
The Armenian National Committee of America is the largest and most
influential Armenian American grassroots political organization. Working
in coordination with a network of offices, chapters, and supporters
throughout the United States and affiliated organizations around the
world, the ANCA actively advances the concerns of the Armenian American
community on a broad range of issues.
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PHOTO CAPTION: Congressman Dave Reichert (R-WA-08).