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PRESS RELEASE
April 23, 2015
Congressman Brad Sherman
Ben Fishel, contact
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 202-225-5911
Congressman Brad Sherman Commemorates the 100th Anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide Holds Special Order on the House Floor Calling For
U.S. Recognition
Washington DC - Thursday April 24, 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of
the Armenian Genocide. In recognition of those atrocities Congressman
Brad Sherman (D-CA) held a special order on the house floor calling
for U.S. recognition.
Video of the Special Order on the House Floor can be viewed here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L86N6Yua6so
Congressman Sherman also released the following statement:
"Beginning in 1915 a planned-out government destruction of an
estimated one and a half million Armenian people occurred - an event
which meets all the definitions of the word 'genocide.'
"It is our duty to honor and dignify those who lost their lives, to
pay respect to their living relatives, and to ensure that these
horrible events never happen again.
"While President Obama has done a lot of good work to improve
relations between the United States and Armenia, I'm disappointed that
he will not give the Armenian Genocide appropriate recognition as a
sitting President, as he did while serving in the Senate.
"Genocide denial is the last act of a genocide and the first step in
the next genocide - just as the Armenian Genocide, in part, prepared
the world for the Holocaust. When Adolf Hitler sought the destruction
of the Jewish people, those around him wondered how he could get away
with it. Hitler pointed out that the Ottoman Empire had gotten away
with it because no one remembered the genocide of the Armenians.
"That is why I have repeatedly asked my colleagues in the House and
Senate to formally recognize the genocide - we cannot afford to wait
another century."
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April 23, 2015
Congressman Brad Sherman
Ben Fishel, contact
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 202-225-5911
Congressman Brad Sherman Commemorates the 100th Anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide Holds Special Order on the House Floor Calling For
U.S. Recognition
Washington DC - Thursday April 24, 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of
the Armenian Genocide. In recognition of those atrocities Congressman
Brad Sherman (D-CA) held a special order on the house floor calling
for U.S. recognition.
Video of the Special Order on the House Floor can be viewed here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L86N6Yua6so
Congressman Sherman also released the following statement:
"Beginning in 1915 a planned-out government destruction of an
estimated one and a half million Armenian people occurred - an event
which meets all the definitions of the word 'genocide.'
"It is our duty to honor and dignify those who lost their lives, to
pay respect to their living relatives, and to ensure that these
horrible events never happen again.
"While President Obama has done a lot of good work to improve
relations between the United States and Armenia, I'm disappointed that
he will not give the Armenian Genocide appropriate recognition as a
sitting President, as he did while serving in the Senate.
"Genocide denial is the last act of a genocide and the first step in
the next genocide - just as the Armenian Genocide, in part, prepared
the world for the Holocaust. When Adolf Hitler sought the destruction
of the Jewish people, those around him wondered how he could get away
with it. Hitler pointed out that the Ottoman Empire had gotten away
with it because no one remembered the genocide of the Armenians.
"That is why I have repeatedly asked my colleagues in the House and
Senate to formally recognize the genocide - we cannot afford to wait
another century."
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