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  • Power Initative: Over 195 Reps have cosponsored the Genocide Bill

    Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region
    104 North Belmont Street, Suite 200
    Glendale, California 91206
    Phone: 818.500.1918
    Fax: 818.246.7353
    E-mail: [email protected]
    Web: www.anca.org

    PRESS RELEASE
    June 4, 2007

    Contact: Haig Hovsepian
    Tel: (818) 500-1918



    POWER Initative - 5th edition: Over 195 members of the house of
    representatives have cosponsored GENOCIDE BILL


    -- Momentum builds as House Resolution nears 200 cosponsors



    LOS ANGELES, CA - The Armenian National Committee of America - Western
    Region (ANCA-WR) is pleased to announce that the POWER Initiative has
    continued to build and increase support for the Armenian Genocide
    Resolutions in both the House and Senate (H. Res. 106 and S. Res. 106).
    Dubbed "Project Outreach Western Region - POWER", the ANCA-WR office has
    been mobilizing ANC chapters throughout the western United States in
    educating Armenian Americans on the status of the genocide resolutions
    pending in both the House and Senate.

    To date, Members of Congress from 11 states in the Western Region have
    cosponsored H. Res. 106. Those cosponsoring the human rights legislation
    include Members from California, Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas,
    South Dakota, Colorado, Oregon, Utah and Washington. According to an ANCA
    study, 55% of the Western Region's House Members have cosponsored H.Res.106.

    In recent weeks, the ANCA-WR has worked with local activists to continue
    securing meetings all across the country with congressional district
    offices. The ANCA-WR recently met with Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA-29)
    and Congressman Xavier Becerra (D-CA-31) to discuss the Armenian Genocide
    resolution and other issues of concern to the Armenian American community.

    "196 cosponsors demonstrates the strong bipartisan support that H. Res. 106
    enjoys," remarked Andrew Kzirian, ANCA-WR Executive Director. "We are now
    seeing a strong surge as the resolution pushes closer to 200 cosponsors,"
    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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