ARMENIAN AGENDA
MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date:
Contact: Danielle Saroyan
Telephone: (202) 393-3434
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Armenian
Assembly Delegation Holds Productive Meeting with Rep. Knight
GLENDALE, CA – The Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly)
and the leadership of St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church of Santa Clarita,
California recently held a productive meeting with Congressman Steve Knight
(R-CA) in his district office.
“The Armenian
Assembly and members of the Armenian American community who were part of this
meeting are pleased with the discussion we had with Rep. Knight, where he affirmed
his support for robust U.S.-Armenia and U.S.-Artsakh relations,” Assembly
Western Region Director Mihran Toumajan said.
Currently in
his second term in the United States House of Representatives, Congressman
Knight represents thousands of Armenian American constituents residing in
California's 25th Congressional District. The geographically large district
covers a sizable part of northern Los Angeles County, and includes the Santa
Clarita Valley, Simi Valley, the Antelope Valley, and the northern section of
the San Fernando Valley.
Rep. Knight is
a co-signer of the bipartisan Royce-Engel Letter, which proposes common sense
measures to curtail ongoing Azerbaijani military-initiated attacks against
citizens of Artsakh and Armenia, and calls upon the OSCE Minsk Group to
“publicly condemn specific acts of aggression along the line of contact.” In
addition, Rep. Knight is a backer of House Resolution 354, which condemns the
May 2017 violence inflicted by Turkish president Erdogan's security guards upon
peaceful protesters in Washington, D.C., and calls for the perpetrators of the attacks
to be brought to justice.
The
Assembly-led delegation expressed its gratitude to Congressman Knight for his
support of Armenian issues in Congress, and also acknowledged his efforts
assisting Armenian American constituents during his tenure in the California
State Assembly (2008-2012) and the California State Senate (2012-2014).
First elected
to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 2014, Congressman Knight succeeded
the former Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Rep. Howard
"Buck" McKeon (R-CA), a long-time friend of Armenian Americans in
southern California. Rep. Knight
currently serves on the House Armed Services Committee, the Science Space and
Technology Committee, and the Small Business Committee. For the latter committee, he serves as
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce.
Established
in 1972, the Armenian Assembly of America is the largest Washington-based
nationwide organization promoting public understanding and awareness of
Armenian issues. The Assembly is a
non-partisan, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt membership organization.
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Photo
Caption: Rep. Steve Knight (R-CA) with
constituents and leaders of St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church of Santa
Clarita, California, and representatives of the Armenian Assembly of America’s
Western Region Office and Southern California Regional Council.
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