WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Chairman Raffi Hamparian issued the following statement on the near-unanimous U.S. House passage of the Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.Res.296).<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ANCA is proud to have led the historic movement that delivered last week\u2019s near-unanimous vote of the U.S. House of Representatives for H.Res.296 \u2013 the bipartisan resolution to end Ankara\u2019s veto against honest American remembrance of the Armenian Genocide.\u201d
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\u201cThe overwhelming passage of H.Res.296 (405 to 11) landed a powerful blow for justice, heralding the end of U.S. complicity in Turkey\u2019s denials. This vote paves the way to a pro-active American policy that openly challenges Ankara\u2019s obstruction of justice and pivots toward U.S. support for a truthful, just, and comprehensive resolution of this still unpunished crime.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOur landmark achievement was the direct result of decades of high-level Washington advocacy, sophisticated legislative strategy, and relentless grassroots education, civic engagement, and electoral activism by our regional ANCA offices, ANCA chapters, local advocates, and coalition partners. We are particularly gratified that, in adopting H.Res.296, we saw the U.S. House properly cite the Greek, Assyrian, Chaldean, Syriac, Aramean, Maronite and other Christian victims of Turkey\u2019s genocidal campaign. We will continue to work to complete the recognition process and put in place the remedies for Turkey\u2019s crimes until justice is served to all our peoples.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI was pleased, on behalf of our community and coalition partners, to personally meet with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in Los Angeles in order to thank her for her courage and leadership in bringing H.Res.296 to the House floor. I share our thanks, as well, with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) who worked with the ANCA to make sure the Armenian Genocide resolution enjoyed broad bipartisan support. And, of course, we express our deep appreciation to the sponsors of the Armenian Genocide resolution \u2013 Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), our great Armenian American champions, Congresswomen Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Jackie Speier (D-CA), along with stalwart allies like Congressmen Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Chris Smith (R-NJ), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Jim Costa (D-CA), and Jim McGovern (D-MA) \u2013 for working hand in hand with us to move America to the right side of the Armenian Genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe historic U.S. House vote on H.Res.296 represents a tribute to our community \u2013 whose rock-solid commitment to justice \u2013 remains the source of the ANCA\u2019s power and strength.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Chairman Raffi Hamparian issued the following statement on the near-unanimous U.S. House passage of the Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.Res.296). \u201cThe ANCA is proud to have led the historic movement that delivered last week\u2019s near-unanimous vote of the U.S. House of Representatives for H.Res.296 \u2013 the bipartisan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17123,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[126],"class_list":["post-17122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-anca"],"yoast_head":"\n