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April 25, 2013 Thursday
Washington: SPEECH OF HON. RUSH HOLT OF NEW JERSEY IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013
Washington
The Library of Congress, The Government of USA has issued the following Speech:
Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, as a member of the Armenian Caucus, I am
pleased to continue to lend my support to the Armenian-American
community and the people of Armenia in any way that I can. I support
strongly the work that all the members of the Armenian American
community do to foster strong ties between America and Armenia.
This month we mark a somber and important anniversary.
Ninety-eight years ago, the Ottoman empire committed one of the
largest crimes against humanity in world history. The systematic
annihilation of over a million Armenian men, women and children is a
crime that cannot be forgotten. We will not allow it to be forgotten.
I know that many will say that the Armenian deaths occurred in the
midst of war and social disruption and so we cannot call it genocidal
killing, or that we cannot even say accurately how many people died
and how they died. Such arguments avoid the evidence. The evidence
shows that more than a million Armenians died at the hands of the
Ottoman empire.
Further, some will complain that these statements unfairly besmirch
the dignity and reputation of today's Turks. I would say that
recognizing genocide from nearly a century ago need not sully the
reputation of modern-day Turks any more than accounts of disreputable,
brutal or atrocious behavior of early settlers in the Americas, or of
Germans in the 1930s and 1940s, or South Africa under apartheid, or
other historical regimes reflect badly on those nations today, unless
those nations refuse to acknowledge and learn from past evils and
mistakes.
I'm also pleased that so many of my colleagues have joined me in
supporting continued U.S. government aid and support for Armenia and
the people of Nagorno Karabakh. These remain challenging times for the
people of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, and I hope our colleagues on
the Appropriations Committees in the House and Senate honor our
request for that aid to continue.
On this anniversary of the genocide against the Armenian people, let
us recommit ourselves to ensuring that the truth about this heinous
event is acknowledged by every country in the world.
For more information please visit: http://thomas.loc.gov/
April 25, 2013 Thursday
Washington: SPEECH OF HON. RUSH HOLT OF NEW JERSEY IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013
Washington
The Library of Congress, The Government of USA has issued the following Speech:
Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, as a member of the Armenian Caucus, I am
pleased to continue to lend my support to the Armenian-American
community and the people of Armenia in any way that I can. I support
strongly the work that all the members of the Armenian American
community do to foster strong ties between America and Armenia.
This month we mark a somber and important anniversary.
Ninety-eight years ago, the Ottoman empire committed one of the
largest crimes against humanity in world history. The systematic
annihilation of over a million Armenian men, women and children is a
crime that cannot be forgotten. We will not allow it to be forgotten.
I know that many will say that the Armenian deaths occurred in the
midst of war and social disruption and so we cannot call it genocidal
killing, or that we cannot even say accurately how many people died
and how they died. Such arguments avoid the evidence. The evidence
shows that more than a million Armenians died at the hands of the
Ottoman empire.
Further, some will complain that these statements unfairly besmirch
the dignity and reputation of today's Turks. I would say that
recognizing genocide from nearly a century ago need not sully the
reputation of modern-day Turks any more than accounts of disreputable,
brutal or atrocious behavior of early settlers in the Americas, or of
Germans in the 1930s and 1940s, or South Africa under apartheid, or
other historical regimes reflect badly on those nations today, unless
those nations refuse to acknowledge and learn from past evils and
mistakes.
I'm also pleased that so many of my colleagues have joined me in
supporting continued U.S. government aid and support for Armenia and
the people of Nagorno Karabakh. These remain challenging times for the
people of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, and I hope our colleagues on
the Appropriations Committees in the House and Senate honor our
request for that aid to continue.
On this anniversary of the genocide against the Armenian people, let
us recommit ourselves to ensuring that the truth about this heinous
event is acknowledged by every country in the world.
For more information please visit: http://thomas.loc.gov/