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REPS ENGEL, VAN HOLLEN, LOWEY, AND WAXMAN CO-SPONSOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION
18:23 07.08.2013
Armenian Genocide
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, reported
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-N.Y.), the ranking member of the Foreign Affairs
Committee; Scott Garrett (R-N.J.), the chairman of the Financial
Markets Subcommittee on Capital Markets; Rush Holt (D-N.J.), the
ranking member of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy;
Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), the chairman of the Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee; Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), the ranking member on the
Appropriations Committee; Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.), the ranking
member of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power; Devin
Nunes (R-Calif.), the chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on
Trade; Janice Schakowsky (D-Ill.), the chief deputy whip; Allyson
Schwartz (D-Pa.), the vice ranking member on the Budget Committee;
Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), the ranking member on the Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Terrorism; John Tierney (D-Mass.), 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-Calif.), the ranking member
of the Energy and Commerce Committee.Introduced and spearheaded by
Congressmen David Valadao (R-Calif.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Michael
Grimm (R-N.Y.), and Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) 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,"
he explained. "This denial poisons Armenian-Turkish relations,
fosters wave after wave of anti-Armenian 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-Calif.), the ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee
on Communications and Technology, and Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), the
ranking member of the Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee
on Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements, as well as Tim Bishop
(D-N.Y.), the ranking member of the Transportation and Infrastructure
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, and Jim McGovern
(D-Mass.), the co-chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, and
Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.), Bruce Braley (D-Iowa), Michael
Capuano (D-Mass.), Tony Cardenas (D-Calif.), Judy Chu (D-Calif.) ,
David Cicilline (D-R.I.), Chris Collins (R-N.Y.), Jim Costa (D-Calif.),
Joe Courtney (D-Conn.), Jeff Denham (R-Calif.), Janice Hahn (D-Calif.),
James Langevin (D-R.I.), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Grace Meng (D-N.Y.),
Gary Peters (D-Mich.), John Sarbanes (D-Md.), and Dina Titus (D-Nev.).
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/08/07/reps-engel-van-hollen-lowey-and-waxman-co-sponsor-armenian-genocide-resolution/
From: A. Papazian
18:23 07.08.2013
Armenian Genocide
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, reported
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-N.Y.), the ranking member of the Foreign Affairs
Committee; Scott Garrett (R-N.J.), the chairman of the Financial
Markets Subcommittee on Capital Markets; Rush Holt (D-N.J.), the
ranking member of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy;
Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), the chairman of the Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee; Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), the ranking member on the
Appropriations Committee; Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.), the ranking
member of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power; Devin
Nunes (R-Calif.), the chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on
Trade; Janice Schakowsky (D-Ill.), the chief deputy whip; Allyson
Schwartz (D-Pa.), the vice ranking member on the Budget Committee;
Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), the ranking member on the Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Terrorism; John Tierney (D-Mass.), 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-Calif.), the ranking member
of the Energy and Commerce Committee.Introduced and spearheaded by
Congressmen David Valadao (R-Calif.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Michael
Grimm (R-N.Y.), and Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) 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,"
he explained. "This denial poisons Armenian-Turkish relations,
fosters wave after wave of anti-Armenian 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-Calif.), the ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee
on Communications and Technology, and Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), the
ranking member of the Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee
on Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements, as well as Tim Bishop
(D-N.Y.), the ranking member of the Transportation and Infrastructure
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, and Jim McGovern
(D-Mass.), the co-chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, and
Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.), Bruce Braley (D-Iowa), Michael
Capuano (D-Mass.), Tony Cardenas (D-Calif.), Judy Chu (D-Calif.) ,
David Cicilline (D-R.I.), Chris Collins (R-N.Y.), Jim Costa (D-Calif.),
Joe Courtney (D-Conn.), Jeff Denham (R-Calif.), Janice Hahn (D-Calif.),
James Langevin (D-R.I.), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Grace Meng (D-N.Y.),
Gary Peters (D-Mich.), John Sarbanes (D-Md.), and Dina Titus (D-Nev.).
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/08/07/reps-engel-van-hollen-lowey-and-waxman-co-sponsor-armenian-genocide-resolution/
From: A. Papazian