CONNECTICUT DELEGATION UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTIONS IN U.S. SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

DeFacto Agency, Armenia
May 25 2007

Connecticut has joined Colorado, Massachusetts, Maine and Rhode Island
to become the fifth state with a complete Congressional delegation
in support of both H. Res. 106 and S. Res. 106. Grassroots activists
played a key role in gaining Congressional co-sponsorship of the
resolution, the Armenian National Committee of America – Eastern Region
(ANCA-ER) reports.

With the recent additions of Congressmen John Larson (D-CT-1), Joseph
Courtney (D-CT-2) and Christopher Murphy (D-CT-5), the Connecticut
delegation now unanimously supports the Armenian Genocide resolutions
in the Senate and House of Representatives. Senator Christopher Dodd
(D-CT), Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro
(D-CT-3) and Congressman Christopher Shay (R-CT-4) were all original
cosponsors of S. Res. 106 and H. Res. 106.

Arppie Charkoudian, a dedicated activist and Chairwoman of the ANC
of Connecticut, has been working to expand the grassroots activity
throughout the state. "The Connecticut Armenian community is smaller
than other communities in the Eastern Region, but our persistence and
continued follow up with our Representatives truly made a difference
in their support of the legislation," commented Charkoudian. "By
continuing the grassroots initiatives that the ANCA has to offer we
can ensure that the interests of the Armenian American community are
represented properly", she added.

Currently, the New England states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont have 20 of 22 Representatives
signed on to H. Res. 106, and nine of twelve Senators signed on to
S. Res. 106.