REP. SCHIFF ANNOUNCES COMMITTEE VOTE ON RESOLUTION CALLING ON UNITED STATES TO FULLY RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
US Fed News
October 2, 2007 Tuesday 12:22 AM EST
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. (29th CD), issued the following news
release:
Today, Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) announced that the House
Foreign Affairs Committee has scheduled a vote on a resolution he
authored recognizing and commemorating the Armenian Genocide. The
House Foreign Affairs Committee has scheduled a full committee markup
of H. Res. 106, the resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide,
next Wednesday October 10, 2007. 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.
"The United States has a compelling historical and moral reason to
recognize the Armenian Genocide, which cost a million and a half
people their lives," said Rep. Schiff. "But we also have a powerful
contemporary reason as well — how can we take effective action against
the genocide in Darfur if we lack the will to condemn genocide whenever
and wherever it occurs?"
Rep. Schiff continued, "I thank Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman
Tom Lantos and Ranking Member Ileana Ros-Lehtinen for their efforts
to help move this important legislation forward."
"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." In
September 2005, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs voted by an
overwhelming margin of 40-7 to pass an Armenian Genocide Resolution
with the same language as the current Resolution, H. Res. 106.
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.
Contact: Sean Oblack, 202/225-4176.