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PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release
May 19, 2009
Contact: Elizabeth S. Chouldjian
Tel: (202) 775-1918

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION COSPONSORS GROW TO 125

— Representatives from Iowa, Oregon, Illinois, and Kentucky
Join Bipartisan Genocide Prevention Measure

WASHINGTON, DC – With the addition today of Congressmen Bruce
Braley (D-IA), Peter Defazio (D-OR), Bobby Rush (D-IL), and John
Yarmouth (D-KY), the number of U.S. House cosponsors of the
Armenian Genocide Resolution, H.Res.252, reached 125, reported the
Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

The Armenian Genocide Resolution specifically "1) calls upon the
President to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States
reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning
issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide
documented in the United States record relating to the Armenian
Genocide and the consequences of the failure to realize a just
resolution; and 2) calls upon the President in the President’s
annual message commemorating the Armenian Genocide issued on or
about April 24, to accurately characterize the systematic and
deliberate annihilation of 1,500,000 Armenians as genocide and to
recall the proud history of United States intervention in
opposition to the Armenian Genocide."

The measure was introduced on March 17th of the year by lead
sponsors Adam Schiff (D-CA) and George Radanovich (R-CA), and
Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-chairs Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and
Mark Kirk (R-IL). It is identical to legislation in the House and
Senate in the 110th Congress that was adopted by the House Foreign
Affairs Committee, and publicly endorsed by then-candidate for
President Barack Obama, current Vice President Joe Biden and
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Since the introduction of the
current resolution this March, President Obama has broken his
pledge to recognize the Armenian Genocide, retreating markedly from
repeated statements and promises he made throughout his service in
the Senate calling for proper U.S. condemnation and commemoration
of this crime against humanity.

H.Res.252 has been referred to the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

The full listing of cosponsors who have joined with Reps. Schiff,
Radanovich, Pallone and Kirk in support of the Armenian Genocide
Resolution is as follows:

Abercrombie, Neil (D-HI)
Ackerman, Gary (D-NY)
Adler, John (D-NJ)
Andrews, Robert (D-NJ)
Baca, Joe (D-CA)
Bachmann, Michele Marie (R-MN)
Bartlett, Roscoe (R-MD)
Becerra, Xavier (D-CA)
Berkley, Shelley (D-NV)
Berman, Howard (D-CA)
Bilirakis, Gus (R-FL)
Braley, Bruce (D-IA)
Calvert, Ken (R-CA)
Cantor, Eric (R-VA)
Capps, Lois (D-CA)
Capuano, Michael (D-MA)
Cardoza, Dennis (D-CA)
Cleaver, Emanuel (D-MO)
Conyers, John (D-MI)
Costa, Jim (D-CA)
Costello, Jerry (D-IL)
Courtney, Joe (D-CT)
Crowley, Joseph (D-NY)
Davis, Danny (D-IL)
DeFazio, Peter (D-OR)
DeGette, Diana (D-CO)
DeLauro, Rosa (D-CT)
Doggett, Lloyd (D-TX)
Dreier, David (R-CA)
Eshoo, Anna (D-CA)
Farr, Sam (D-CA)
Fattah, Chaka (D-PA)
Filner, Bob (D-CA)
Frank, Barney (D-MA)
Frelinghuysen, Rodney (R-NJ)
Garrett, Scott (R-NJ)
Gonzalez, Charlie (D-TX)
Grijalva, Raul (D-AZ)
Himes, Jim (D-CT)
Hinchey, Maurice (D-NY)
Hirono, Mazie (D-HI)
Holt, Rush (D-NJ)
Honda, Michael (D-CA)
Hoyer, Steny (D-MD)
Jackson, Jesse (D-IL)
Kennedy, Patrick (D-RI)
Kildee, Dale (D-MI)
Kucinich, Dennis (D-OH)
Lance, Leonard (R-NJ)
Langevin, James (D-RI)
Larson, John (D-CT)
Lee, Barbara (D-CA)
Levin, Sander (D-MI)
Lipinski, Daniel (D-IL)
LoBiondo, Frank (R-NJ)
Lofgren, Zoe (D-CA)
Lowey, Nita (D-NY)
Lungren, Dan (R-CA)
Lynch, Stephen (D-MA)
Maloney, Carolyn (D-NY)
Markey, Edward (D-MA)
Matsui, Doris (D-CA)
McCarthy, Carolyn (D-NY)
McCaul, Michael (R-TX)
McCollum, Betty (D-MN)
McCotter, Thaddeus (R-MI)
McGovern, James (D-MA)
McKeon, Buck (R-CA)
McNerney, Jerry (D-CA)
Miller, Candice (R-MI)
Minnick, Walter (D-ID)
Murphy, Chris (D-CT)
Nadler, Jerrold (D-NY)
Napolitano, Grace (D-CA)
Neal, Richard (D-MA)
Nunes, Devin (R-CA)
Olver, John (D-MA)
Payne, Donald (D-NJ)
Perriello , Tom (D-VA)
Peters, Gary (D-MI)
Peterson, Collin (D-MN)
Polis, Jared (D-CO)
Quigley, Mike (D-IL)
Rangel, Charles (D-NY)
Roskam, Peter (R-IL)
Rothman, Steven (D-NJ)
Roybal-Allard, Lucille (D-CA)
Royce, Edward (R-CA)
Rush, Bobby (D-IL)
Ryan, Paul (R-WI)
Salazar, John (D-CO)
Sanchez, Loretta (D-CA)
Sarbanes, John (D-MD)
Schakowsky, Janice (D-IL)
Schauer, Mark (D-MI)
Schwartz, Allyson (D-PA)
Sensenbrenner, F. James (R-WI)
Sherman, Brad (D-CA)
Sires, Albio (D-NJ)
Smith, Christopher (R-NJ)
Souder, Mark (R-IN)
Space, Zachary (D-OH)
Speier, Jackie (D-CA)
Stark, Pete (D-CA)
Sutton, Betty Sue (D-OH)
Tauscher, Ellen (D-CA)
Tierney, John (D-MA)
Titus, Dina (D-NV)
Tonko, Paul (D-NY)
Tsongas, Niki (D-MA)
Van Hollen, Christopher (D-MD)
Visclosky, Peter (D-IN)
Walz, Timothy (D-MN)
Waters, Maxine (D-CA)
Watson, Diane (D-CA)
Waxman, Henry (D-CA)
Weiner, Anthony (D-NY)
Wolf, Frank (R-VA)
Woolsey, Lynn (D-CA)
Wu, David (D-OR)
Yarmuth, John (D-KY)