RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE HITS 200 COSPONSORS
US Fed News
June 20, 2007 Wednesday 4:38 AM EST
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. (29th CD), issued the following news
release:
Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) announced that the resolution
recognizing and commemorating the Armenian Genocide has garnered
more than 200 cosponsors – the most it has ever amassed. Rep. Schiff
introduced the resolution in January along with Reps. Pallone,
Knollenberg, and Radanovich.
"Two-hundred cosponsors is an important milestone," said Congressman
Adam Schiff. "This overwhelming support for the resolution is
evidence that Members of Congress and their constituents believe that
recognizing the Armenian Genocide, which claimed more than a million
and a half lives, is a moral imperative."
"The Affirmation of the U.S. Record on the Armenian Genocide"
resolution (H. Res. 106) calls on the President to "ensure that the
foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding"
of the "Armenian Genocide" and to "accurately characterize the
systematic and deliberate annihilation of 1,500,000 Armenians as
genocide."
Rep. Schiff is a member of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues,
the co-founder of the Democratic Study Group on National Security and
a member of the House Appropriations Committee the House Judiciary
Committee, and the House Select Intelligence Oversight Panel. He
represents California’s 29th Congressional District, which includes
the communities of Alhambra, Altadena, Burbank, East Pasadena,
East San Gabriel, Glendale, Monterey Park, Pasadena, San Gabriel,
South Pasadena and Temple City.