ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA CONGRATULATES JACKIE SPEIER ON ELECTION TO CONGRESS
Noyan Tapan
April 10, 2008
WASHINGTON, APRIL 10, ARMENIANS TODAY – NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian
Assembly of America has congratulated former California State Senator
Jackie Speier on winning a special election to fill the House seat
of the late Rep. Tom Lantos, the former Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Relations. The latter endorsed her before his death. With her
win on April 8, Speier now joins fellow California lawmaker Rep. Anna
Eshoo as the second American of Armenian descent to serve in the
110th Congress.
During her tenure in the California Legislature, the Assembly worked
closely with Speier to advance Armenian issues in the state.
The daughter of a German immigrant and a first-generation
Armenian-American, Speier has authored over a dozen bills related
to Armenian issues during the course of her career in the California
State Legislature.