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    REPS. PALLONE AND RADANOVICH RALLY COLLEAGUES IN SUPPORT OF PRO-ARMENIAN PROVISIONS IN FOREIGN AID BILL

    Noyan Tapan
    Armenians Today
    Mar 13 2006

    WASHINGTON, MARCH 13, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Congressmen
    Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and George Radanovich (R-CA) called on their
    U.S. House colleagues to join them in cosigning a letter calling on
    the leadership of the House Foreign Operations Subcommittee to support
    pro-Armenian provisions in the fiscal year 2007 foreign aid bill,
    reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). This
    bipartisan expression of support, addressed to the panel's Chairman
    Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) and Ranking Member Nita Lowey (D-NY), strengthens
    the hand of pro-Armenian members of the Subcommittee, most notably
    Armenian Caucus Co-Chairman Joe Knollenberg, Steve Rothman (D-NJ),
    Mark Kirk (R-IL), and John Sweeney (R-NY). Rep. Sweeney, who joined
    the panel last year, is one of only two Members of Congress of
    Armenian heritage. The letter notes that members of Congress are
    "deeply troubled" that the Administration's request for military aid
    for Azerbaijan is considerably higher then the request for Armenia. By
    signing the letter, legislators will add their voice to the effort to
    ensure that the agreement struck in 2001 between the White House and
    Congress to keep aid levels to these two countries equal is fully
    respected. In addition, the letter calls for a hard earmark of at
    least $75 million for Armenia, a one-year $5 million allocation for
    Nagorno Karabagh, and the preservation of Section 907 of the Freedom
    Support Act. "We want to thank Congressmen Radanovich and Pallone in
    urging the Foreign Operations Subcommittee to support provisions in the
    fiscal year 2007 foreign aid bill of special importance to Armenian
    Americans," said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. "We also
    value the advocacy for pro-Armenian issues from within this panel
    by Armenian Caucus Co-Chairman Joe Knollenberg, the leadership of
    Chairman Jim Kolbe and Ranking Democrat Nita Lowey, and the support of
    Representatives Steve Rothman, John Sweeney, Mark Kirk, Jesse Jackson,
    Jr., Carolyn Kilpatrick, Chaka Fattah, and our other friends."
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