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REP. ENGEL, VAN HOLLEN, LOWEY AND WAXMAN COSPSNSOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TRUTH AND JUSTICE RESOLUTION
http://armenpress.am/eng/print/728390/rep-engel-van-hollen-lowey-and-waxman-cospsnsor-armenian-genocide-truth-and-justice-resolution.html
15:33, 6 August, 2013
YEREVAN, 6 AUGUST, ARMENPRESS: Senior Congressional leaders serving
on key foreign policy and appropriations panels have lent their
support to a groundbreaking human rights measure that seeks improved
Armenian-Turkish ties based upon Turkey's acknowledgement of the
Armenian Genocide and a just international resolution of this still
unpunished crime, reports Armenpress referring to the Armenian National
Committee of America (ANCA).
Among the top House Committee leaders supporting H.Res.227, the
Armenian Genocide Truth and Justice Resolution are: Representatives
Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs
Committee; Scott Garrett (R-NJ), the Chairman of the Financial Markets
Subcommittee on Capital Markets; Rush Holt (D-NJ), the Ranking Member
of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy; Steve Israel (D-NY),
the Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee;
Nita Lowey (DNY), the Ranking Member on the Appropriations Committee;
Grace Napolitano (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Water and Power; Devin Nunes (R-CA), the Chairman of
the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade; Janice Schakowsky (D-IL),
the Chief Deputy Whip; Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), the Vice Ranking Member
on the Budget Committee, Brad Sherman (D-CA), the Ranking Member on
the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, John Tierney (D-MA),
the Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee
on National Security; Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), the Ranking Member on
the Budget Committee, and; Henry Waxman (D-CA), the Ranking Member
of the Energy and Commerce Committee.
Introduced and spearheaded by Congressmen David Valadao (R-CA), Adam
Schiff (D-CA), Michael Grimm (R-NY) and Frank Pallone (DNJ) in May of
this year, the Armenian Genocide Truth and Justice Resolution reflects
and reinforces previous U.S. affirmation of the Armenian Genocide
as a crime of genocide, citing the U.S. Government's May 28, 1951
written statement to the International Court of Justice regarding the
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,
President Ronald Reagan's April 22, 1981 Proclamation and Congressional
adoption of Armenian Genocide legislation in 1975 and 1984. H.Res.227
builds on the record of past U.S.
Executive and Legislative branch affirmation of this crime, and calls
on "the President to work toward equitable, constructive, stable,
and durable Armenian-Turkish relations based upon the Republic of
Turkey's full acknowledgment of the facts and ongoing consequences
of the Armenian Genocide, and a fair, just, and comprehensive
international resolution of this crime against humanity."
ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian discussed the very real, modern
day consequences of Turkey's denial of the Armenian Genocide - and
international community inaction in the face of that denial. "Turkey's
obstruction of justice has, over the course of nearly a century,
allowed Ankara to consolidate its hold on the genocidal gains of its
crimes against the Armenian people, blocking the return to the Armenian
nation of key elements-indispensable elements-of viability that long
sustained the Armenian people on their ancient homeland," explained
Hamparian, in a May 9th op/ed. "This denial poisons Armenian-Turkish
relations, fosters wave after wave of antiArmenian intolerance within
Turkey, threatens Armenia's and Artsakh's security, and, of course,
fuels regional tensions."
Prominent supporters of this bipartisan measure also include the two
Members of Congress of Armenian heritage, Congresswomen Anna Eshoo
(D-CA), the Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on
Communications and Technology; Jackie Speier (D-CA), the Ranking Member
of the Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Energy Policy,
Health Care and Entitlements; Tim Bishop (D-NY), the Ranking Member of
the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources
and Environment, and; Jim McGovern (D-MA), the Co-Chair of the Tom
Lantos Human Rights Commission, and Representatives Gus Bilirakis
(R-FL), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Tony Cardenas
(D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA) , David Cicilline (D-RI), Chris Collins (R-NY),
Jim Costa (DCA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Janice Hahn
(D-CA), James Langevin (D-RI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY),
Gary Peters (D-MI) , John Sarbanes (D-MD), and Dina Titus (D-NV).
http://armenpress.am/eng/print/728390/rep-engel-van-hollen-lowey-and-waxman-cospsnsor-armenian-genocide-truth-and-justice-resolution.html
15:33, 6 August, 2013
YEREVAN, 6 AUGUST, ARMENPRESS: Senior Congressional leaders serving
on key foreign policy and appropriations panels have lent their
support to a groundbreaking human rights measure that seeks improved
Armenian-Turkish ties based upon Turkey's acknowledgement of the
Armenian Genocide and a just international resolution of this still
unpunished crime, reports Armenpress referring to the Armenian National
Committee of America (ANCA).
Among the top House Committee leaders supporting H.Res.227, the
Armenian Genocide Truth and Justice Resolution are: Representatives
Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs
Committee; Scott Garrett (R-NJ), the Chairman of the Financial Markets
Subcommittee on Capital Markets; Rush Holt (D-NJ), the Ranking Member
of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy; Steve Israel (D-NY),
the Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee;
Nita Lowey (DNY), the Ranking Member on the Appropriations Committee;
Grace Napolitano (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Water and Power; Devin Nunes (R-CA), the Chairman of
the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade; Janice Schakowsky (D-IL),
the Chief Deputy Whip; Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), the Vice Ranking Member
on the Budget Committee, Brad Sherman (D-CA), the Ranking Member on
the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, John Tierney (D-MA),
the Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee
on National Security; Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), the Ranking Member on
the Budget Committee, and; Henry Waxman (D-CA), the Ranking Member
of the Energy and Commerce Committee.
Introduced and spearheaded by Congressmen David Valadao (R-CA), Adam
Schiff (D-CA), Michael Grimm (R-NY) and Frank Pallone (DNJ) in May of
this year, the Armenian Genocide Truth and Justice Resolution reflects
and reinforces previous U.S. affirmation of the Armenian Genocide
as a crime of genocide, citing the U.S. Government's May 28, 1951
written statement to the International Court of Justice regarding the
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,
President Ronald Reagan's April 22, 1981 Proclamation and Congressional
adoption of Armenian Genocide legislation in 1975 and 1984. H.Res.227
builds on the record of past U.S.
Executive and Legislative branch affirmation of this crime, and calls
on "the President to work toward equitable, constructive, stable,
and durable Armenian-Turkish relations based upon the Republic of
Turkey's full acknowledgment of the facts and ongoing consequences
of the Armenian Genocide, and a fair, just, and comprehensive
international resolution of this crime against humanity."
ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian discussed the very real, modern
day consequences of Turkey's denial of the Armenian Genocide - and
international community inaction in the face of that denial. "Turkey's
obstruction of justice has, over the course of nearly a century,
allowed Ankara to consolidate its hold on the genocidal gains of its
crimes against the Armenian people, blocking the return to the Armenian
nation of key elements-indispensable elements-of viability that long
sustained the Armenian people on their ancient homeland," explained
Hamparian, in a May 9th op/ed. "This denial poisons Armenian-Turkish
relations, fosters wave after wave of antiArmenian intolerance within
Turkey, threatens Armenia's and Artsakh's security, and, of course,
fuels regional tensions."
Prominent supporters of this bipartisan measure also include the two
Members of Congress of Armenian heritage, Congresswomen Anna Eshoo
(D-CA), the Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on
Communications and Technology; Jackie Speier (D-CA), the Ranking Member
of the Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Energy Policy,
Health Care and Entitlements; Tim Bishop (D-NY), the Ranking Member of
the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources
and Environment, and; Jim McGovern (D-MA), the Co-Chair of the Tom
Lantos Human Rights Commission, and Representatives Gus Bilirakis
(R-FL), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Tony Cardenas
(D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA) , David Cicilline (D-RI), Chris Collins (R-NY),
Jim Costa (DCA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Janice Hahn
(D-CA), James Langevin (D-RI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY),
Gary Peters (D-MI) , John Sarbanes (D-MD), and Dina Titus (D-NV).