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  • ARMENPAC Board Member Jirair Hovnanian Congratulates Newly Appointed

    PRESS RELEASE

    ARMENPAC, The Armenian-American Political Action Committee
    421 E. Airport Freeway, Suite 201
    Irving, Texas 75220
    Contact: Jason P. Capizzi, Esq.
    Tel: (972) 635-5347
    E-mail: [email protected]
    Web: http://www.armenpac.org

    ARMENPAC BOARD MEMBER JIRAIR HOVNANIAN CONGRATULATES NEWLY APPOINTED
    UNITED STATES SENATOR ROBERT MENENDEZ

    Irving, TX - ARMENPAC Board Member Jirair Hovnanian recently
    met with newly appointed United States Senator Robert Menendez
    (D-NJ) to congratulate and wish him well, on behalf of the entire
    Armenian-American community, in his new position. "Mr. Menendez
    continually supported Armenian-American issues as a member of the
    Armenian Caucus and the International Relations Committee in the
    House of Representatives, and I am confident that he will continue to
    do so as a member of the Senate," said ARMENPAC Board Member Jirair
    Hovnanian. "ARMENPAC applauds Mr. Menendez, who was also a member of
    the Hispanic Caucus in the House of Representatives, for his friendship
    and advocacy on behalf of all minority communities." Currently,
    ARMENPAC is working to form an alliance between the Armenian and
    Hispanic Caucuses to garner increased Congressional support of each
    community's issues.

    Mr. Menendez was a co-sponsor of the resolution affirming the
    United States record on the Armenian Genocide (H.Res.316), as
    well as the South Caucus Integration and Railroads Act of 2006
    (H.R.336), in the House of Representatives. "ARMENPAC is working to
    secure Senator Menendez's co-sponsorship of S.Res.320, the Armenian
    Genocide resolution in the Senate, and appreciates his pass support
    of Armenian-American issues," said ARMENPAC Co-Chairs Annie Totah
    and Edgar Hagopian.

    H.Res.316 and S.Res.320 call upon the President "to ensure that
    United States foreign policy 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; and in the President's annual message
    commemorating the Armenian Genocide to characterize the systematic
    and deliberate annihilation of 1.5 million Armenians as genocide,
    and to recall the proud history of Untied States intervention in
    opposition to the Armenian Genocide."

    H.R.3361 prohibits United States assistance to develop or promote
    rail connections or railway-related connections that do not traverse
    or connect with Armenia, and do traverse or connect Baku, Azerbaijan;
    Tbilisi, Georgia; and Kars, Turkey. This important measure, therefore,
    disallows United States support for the proposed Kars-Tblisi-Baku
    rail link, which isolates the Republic of Armenia from East-West
    commercial corridors.

    ARMENPAC is an independent, bipartisan political action committee
    with a nationwide membership. ARMENPAC raises awareness of,
    and advocates for, policies that help create peace, security and
    stability in the Caucasus region. ARMENPAC provides financial support
    to federal officeholders, candidates, political action committees
    and organizations that actively support issues of importance to
    Armenian-Americans. For more information and how to join ARMENPAC,
    please call (877) 286-1046 or visit www.armenpac.org.

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