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    RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE HITS 200 COSPONSORS

    US Fed News
    June 20, 2007 Wednesday 4:38 AM EST

    Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. (29th CD), issued the following news
    release:

    Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) announced that the resolution
    recognizing and commemorating the Armenian Genocide has garnered
    more than 200 cosponsors - the most it has ever amassed. Rep. Schiff
    introduced the resolution in January along with Reps. Pallone,
    Knollenberg, and Radanovich.

    "Two-hundred cosponsors is an important milestone," said Congressman
    Adam Schiff. "This overwhelming support for the resolution is
    evidence that Members of Congress and their constituents believe that
    recognizing the Armenian Genocide, which claimed more than a million
    and a half lives, is a moral imperative."

    "The Affirmation of the U.S. Record on the Armenian Genocide"
    resolution (H. Res. 106) calls on the President to "ensure that the
    foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding"
    of the "Armenian Genocide" and to "accurately characterize the
    systematic and deliberate annihilation of 1,500,000 Armenians as
    genocide."

    Rep. Schiff is a member of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues,
    the co-founder of the Democratic Study Group on National Security and
    a member of the House Appropriations Committee the House Judiciary
    Committee, and the House Select Intelligence Oversight Panel. He
    represents California's 29th Congressional District, which includes
    the communities of Alhambra, Altadena, Burbank, East Pasadena,
    East San Gabriel, Glendale, Monterey Park, Pasadena, San Gabriel,
    South Pasadena and Temple City.
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