ANC-PAC SUPPORTERS BACK CONGRESSMAN ACKERMAN OF NEW YORK
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03.10.2008 11:22
Supporters of the Armenian National Committee – Political Action
Committee (ANC-PAC) recently attended a fundraiser for Congressman Gary
Ackerman (D-NY), who serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The
Congressman’s District includes the north shore of Queens and Long
Island and is home to an established Armenian American community
that includes a number of churches, a broad variety of community
organizations and the Armenian Home in Flushing.
"Gary Ackerman is no stranger to our community in New York’s 5th
Congressional District," commented his constituent and ANC-PAC
activist Tamar Haroutunian. From Jackson Heights, to Douglaston,
from Manhasset to Flushing, his Armenian American constituents have
long been proud of his service in the United States Congress. We are
proud of Congressman Ackerman’s proven record on human rights issues
and encourage all of our friends who are his constituents to vote
for him this November," Haroutunian added.
Late last year Ackerman led the charge in the House Foreign Affairs
Committee to pass the Armenian Genocide resolution (H.Res.106). At
the committee hearing on October 10, 2007, two survivors of the
Armenian Genocide who live at the Armenian Home in the Congressman’s
District were present. They genocide survivors were 98-year-old Perouz
Kaloustian and 95-year-old Onorik Eminian.
In his remarks during the committee’s consideration of the genocide
measure, Ackerman noted that, "Some have said that there is a time for
everything and everything in its season. But truth is never out of
season. It is always the season for truth. For those who claim that
the time to do this is wrong, I ask you look at the ladies sitting
here in wheel chairs who had help getting-up this morning to get into
those chairs and to get onto planes to come down here after living
almost 100 years a piece. When should we tell them when to come back
to this room for justice? Please consider the damage we would do to
history as you cast your votes today."