States News Service
October 11, 2007 Thursday
SCHIFF LAUDS COMMITTEE PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION CALLING ON UNITED STATES
TO FULLY RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
The following information was released by the office of California
Rep. Adam Schiff:
Today, Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) praised the House Foreign
Affairs Committees passage of a resolution he authored recognizing
and commemorating the Armenian Genocide. The House Foreign Affairs
Committee passed H. Res. 106 clearing the way for the measure to be
voted on by the full House. The bipartisan measure currently has 226
cosponsors more than a majority in the House and the most support an
Armenian Genocide resolution has ever received. Both Speaker of the
House Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer have voiced
support for the resolution.
Todays Committee passage clears a major hurdle in moving this
resolution forward, and I hope it will move swiftly to the House
floor for a vote, Schiff said. America must speak candidly about the
past not only to help heal the wounds of the survivors and the
families of the victims, but to give the United States the moral
authority it needs to take action against other genocides like that
taking place today in Darfur.
The Affirmation of the U.S. Record on the Armenian Genocide
resolution 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 Californias 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.