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SCHIFF REGRETS FAILURE OF HOUSE LEADERSHIP TO SCHEDULE VOTE ON GENOCIDE BILL
by Asbarez
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
WASHINGTON-Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) released a statement Thursday
commenting on the adjournment of the 11th Congress and its failure
to bring to a vote the Armenian Genocide Resolution, H.Res.252.
"For the past several weeks, several of my colleagues and I have
been engaged in a full-press effort to secure Floor consideration
and passage of H. Res. 252, the Armenian Genocide Resolution," Schiff
said in the statement. "We believed that Turkey's burgeoning alliance
with Iran, its support for Hamas, and its insincere promise to seek
reconciliation with modern Armenia would finally serve to offset
Turkey's shameful campaign of denial."
"I am deeply disappointed that the Congress has now recessed without
passing the resolution to honor the 1.5 million Armenian men, women
and children who were lost in the first genocide of the Twentieth
Century," Schiff said. "I know that my feelings are insignificant
when compared to the continued pain of so many in our community."
"To my many thousands of Armenian-American constituents and friends,
I pledge to you that I will continue to press for recognition of the
Armenian Genocide until the memory of those who perished from 1915-23
is formally and forever preserved in our national consciousness,"
he said.
From: A. Papazian
by Asbarez
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
WASHINGTON-Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) released a statement Thursday
commenting on the adjournment of the 11th Congress and its failure
to bring to a vote the Armenian Genocide Resolution, H.Res.252.
"For the past several weeks, several of my colleagues and I have
been engaged in a full-press effort to secure Floor consideration
and passage of H. Res. 252, the Armenian Genocide Resolution," Schiff
said in the statement. "We believed that Turkey's burgeoning alliance
with Iran, its support for Hamas, and its insincere promise to seek
reconciliation with modern Armenia would finally serve to offset
Turkey's shameful campaign of denial."
"I am deeply disappointed that the Congress has now recessed without
passing the resolution to honor the 1.5 million Armenian men, women
and children who were lost in the first genocide of the Twentieth
Century," Schiff said. "I know that my feelings are insignificant
when compared to the continued pain of so many in our community."
"To my many thousands of Armenian-American constituents and friends,
I pledge to you that I will continue to press for recognition of the
Armenian Genocide until the memory of those who perished from 1915-23
is formally and forever preserved in our national consciousness,"
he said.
From: A. Papazian