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Armenian National Committee of America
1711 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel. (202) 775-1918
Fax. (202) 775-5648
Email. [email protected]
Internet www.anca.org
PRESS RELEASE
December 21, 2010
Contact: Elizabeth S. Chouldjian
Tel: (202) 775-1918
HOUSE LEADERS MAY SCHEDULE VOTE ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION ON
DECEMBER 22ND
WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives will likely have
its last opportunity, before adjourning, to hold a vote on the
Armenian Genocide Resolution on Wednesday, December 22nd, when the
House leadership is expected to schedule a series of votes on
legislation, including a measure that would provide additional
health benefits for 9/11 first responders, reported the Armenian
National Committee of America (ANCA).
"We look to Speaker Pelosi to do the right thing and allow a
bipartisan majority of her House colleagues an opportunity to vote
to end Turkey's gag rule on American recognition of the Armenian
Genocide," said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. "It's long
past time for the U.S. Congress to honor the victims and the last
remaining survivors of this crime."
On Tuesday, an unprecedented number of Armenian Americans and anti-
genocide activists across the United States continued to mobilize
in support of a possible vote on the Armenian Genocide Resolution,
H.Res.252, with the offices of the Speaker and House Majority
Leader flooded with thousands of phone calls. Last week, Armenian
American celebrities Kim Kardashian and Serge Tankian urged
millions of their Twitter, Facebook and website followers to bring
H.Res.252 to the Floor. These efforts were supported, on the
ground in Washington, DC, by dozens of community and church leaders
from around the country, who continue to meet with legislators on
Capitol Hill in support of H.Res.252.
House Resolution 252, introduced by Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and
spearheaded by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard
Berman (D-CA), Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chairman Frank
Pallone (D-NJ), Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA)
and Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) along with a bipartisan base of
Congressional leaders from across the U.S. including incoming House
Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), incoming House Majority Whip
Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Foreign Affairs Committee Member Ed Royce
(R-CA). The resolution currently has 149 cosponsors.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee adopted the measure in March,
2010. Similar legislation was adopted at the committee level in
the U.S. House in 2000, 2005, and 2007.
The Armenian Genocide Resolution "calls upon the President to
ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects
appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related
to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the
United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide and the
consequences of the failure to realize a just resolution." It goes
on to urge the President, in his "annual message commemorating the
Armenian Genocide issued on or about April 24, to accurately
characterize the systematic and deliberate annihilation of
1,500,000 Armenians as genocide and to recall the proud history of
United States intervention in opposition to the Armenian Genocide."
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From: A. Papazian
1711 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel. (202) 775-1918
Fax. (202) 775-5648
Email. [email protected]
Internet www.anca.org
PRESS RELEASE
December 21, 2010
Contact: Elizabeth S. Chouldjian
Tel: (202) 775-1918
HOUSE LEADERS MAY SCHEDULE VOTE ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION ON
DECEMBER 22ND
WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives will likely have
its last opportunity, before adjourning, to hold a vote on the
Armenian Genocide Resolution on Wednesday, December 22nd, when the
House leadership is expected to schedule a series of votes on
legislation, including a measure that would provide additional
health benefits for 9/11 first responders, reported the Armenian
National Committee of America (ANCA).
"We look to Speaker Pelosi to do the right thing and allow a
bipartisan majority of her House colleagues an opportunity to vote
to end Turkey's gag rule on American recognition of the Armenian
Genocide," said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. "It's long
past time for the U.S. Congress to honor the victims and the last
remaining survivors of this crime."
On Tuesday, an unprecedented number of Armenian Americans and anti-
genocide activists across the United States continued to mobilize
in support of a possible vote on the Armenian Genocide Resolution,
H.Res.252, with the offices of the Speaker and House Majority
Leader flooded with thousands of phone calls. Last week, Armenian
American celebrities Kim Kardashian and Serge Tankian urged
millions of their Twitter, Facebook and website followers to bring
H.Res.252 to the Floor. These efforts were supported, on the
ground in Washington, DC, by dozens of community and church leaders
from around the country, who continue to meet with legislators on
Capitol Hill in support of H.Res.252.
House Resolution 252, introduced by Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and
spearheaded by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard
Berman (D-CA), Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chairman Frank
Pallone (D-NJ), Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA)
and Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) along with a bipartisan base of
Congressional leaders from across the U.S. including incoming House
Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), incoming House Majority Whip
Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Foreign Affairs Committee Member Ed Royce
(R-CA). The resolution currently has 149 cosponsors.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee adopted the measure in March,
2010. Similar legislation was adopted at the committee level in
the U.S. House in 2000, 2005, and 2007.
The Armenian Genocide Resolution "calls upon the President to
ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects
appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related
to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the
United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide and the
consequences of the failure to realize a just resolution." It goes
on to urge the President, in his "annual message commemorating the
Armenian Genocide issued on or about April 24, to accurately
characterize the systematic and deliberate annihilation of
1,500,000 Armenians as genocide and to recall the proud history of
United States intervention in opposition to the Armenian Genocide."
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From: A. Papazian