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SENIOR US HOUSE MEMBERS SUPPORT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TRUTH & JUSTICE RESOLUTION - ANCA
11:14 06.08.13
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-NY), the Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs
Committee; Scott Garrett (R-NJ), the Chairman of the Financial Markets
Subcommittee on Capital Markets; Rush Holt (D-NJ), the Ranking Member
of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy; Steve Israel (D-NY),
the Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee; Nita
Lowey (D-NY), the Ranking Member on the Appropriations Committee;
Grace Napolitano (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Water and Power; Devin Nunes (R-CA), the Chairman of
the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade; Janice Schakowsky (D-IL),
the Chief Deputy Whip; Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), the Vice Ranking Member
on the Budget Committee, Brad Sherman (D-CA), the Ranking Member on
the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, John Tierney (D-MA),
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-CA), the Ranking Member
of the Energy and Commerce Committee.
Introduced and spearheaded by Congressmen David Valadao (R-CA), Adam
Schiff (D-CA), Michael Grimm (R-NY) and Frank Pallone (D-NJ) in May
of this year, the Armenian Genocide Truth and Justice Resolution
reflects and reinforces previous US affirmation of the Armenian
Genocide as a crime of genocide, citing the US 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," explained
Hamparian, in a May 9th op/ed. "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-CA), the Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on
Communications and Technology; Jackie Speier (D-CA), the Ranking Member
of the Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Energy Policy,
Health Care and Entitlements; Tim Bishop (D-NY), the Ranking Member of
the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources
and Environment, and; Jim McGovern (D-MA), the Co-Chair of the Tom
Lantos Human Rights Commission, and Representatives Gus Bilirakis
(R-FL), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Tony Cardenas
(D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA) , David Cicilline (D-RI), Chris Collins (R-NY),
Jim Costa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Janice Hahn
(D-CA), James Langevin (D-RI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY),
Gary Peters (D-MI) , John Sarbanes (D-MD), and Dina Titus (D-NV).
Armenian News - Tert.am
11:14 06.08.13
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-NY), the Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs
Committee; Scott Garrett (R-NJ), the Chairman of the Financial Markets
Subcommittee on Capital Markets; Rush Holt (D-NJ), the Ranking Member
of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy; Steve Israel (D-NY),
the Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee; Nita
Lowey (D-NY), the Ranking Member on the Appropriations Committee;
Grace Napolitano (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Water and Power; Devin Nunes (R-CA), the Chairman of
the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade; Janice Schakowsky (D-IL),
the Chief Deputy Whip; Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), the Vice Ranking Member
on the Budget Committee, Brad Sherman (D-CA), the Ranking Member on
the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, John Tierney (D-MA),
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-CA), the Ranking Member
of the Energy and Commerce Committee.
Introduced and spearheaded by Congressmen David Valadao (R-CA), Adam
Schiff (D-CA), Michael Grimm (R-NY) and Frank Pallone (D-NJ) in May
of this year, the Armenian Genocide Truth and Justice Resolution
reflects and reinforces previous US affirmation of the Armenian
Genocide as a crime of genocide, citing the US 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," explained
Hamparian, in a May 9th op/ed. "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-CA), the Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on
Communications and Technology; Jackie Speier (D-CA), the Ranking Member
of the Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Energy Policy,
Health Care and Entitlements; Tim Bishop (D-NY), the Ranking Member of
the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources
and Environment, and; Jim McGovern (D-MA), the Co-Chair of the Tom
Lantos Human Rights Commission, and Representatives Gus Bilirakis
(R-FL), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Tony Cardenas
(D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA) , David Cicilline (D-RI), Chris Collins (R-NY),
Jim Costa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Janice Hahn
(D-CA), James Langevin (D-RI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY),
Gary Peters (D-MI) , John Sarbanes (D-MD), and Dina Titus (D-NV).
Armenian News - Tert.am