[Congressional Record: April 24, 2007 (House)]
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From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

(Mr. COSTA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute.)
Mr. COSTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the 96th
anniversary of the Armenian genocide.
On March 24, 1915, 300 Armenian leaders were rounded up and deported
and killed under the orders from the young Turk Government. And so
began the genocide that lasted for 7 years, resulting in an estimated
over 1.5 million Armenian deaths. To this day, unfortunately, the
Turkish Government denies that this occurred.
Ladies and gentlemen, Members of the House, I just returned from
Darfur with a group of our colleagues 2 weeks ago. Over 450,000 people
have been killed and millions displaced in Darfur; yet government
officials claim there in Darfur and Sudan that there is no genocide,
that the situation is overblown.
Yesterday Rwanda, today Darfur. And we can remember the
Holocaust. Clearly, silence is genocide’s best ally. It is time that
the Congress end this silence and pass the Armenian genocide
resolution. The message will be clear: the United States of America
will never forget and never stand for those who support genocide.

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