CHAIRMAN BERMAN SETS COMMITTEE VOTE ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION FOR MARCH 4
Yerkir
05.02.2010 12:09
Yerevan (Yerkir) – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Howard
Berman (D-CA), a leading Congressional supporter of human rights
and a longstanding friend of the Armenian American community, has
scheduled a vote of his panel on the Armenian Genocide Resolution,
H.Res.252, for Thursday, March 4th, reported the Armenian National
Committee of America (ANCA).
"We want to thank Chairman Berman for his vision and strength
in taking this bold step to send the clear message to Turkey that
the United States Congress will not be complicit in their immoral
efforts to deny truth and justice for the Armenian Genocide," said
Ken Hachikian, Chairman of the ANCA, following his meeting yesterday
in Washington, DC with the senior California legislator. "We look
forward to working with the Chairman and all our friends on the
Committee from both parties to facilitate passage of this critical
piece of human rights legislation by both this panel and the full
House of Representatives. Our grassroots activists are mobilized to
help achieve the success of this effort."
The House Foreign Affairs Committee adopted legislation similar to
H.Res.252, on a bipartisan basis, in 2000, 2005, and 2007. These past
measures, despite their broad-based support, did not reach the House
floor for an up or down vote, largely due to strident opposition from
the Clinton and Bush administrations fearful of Ankara’s threats
of retaliation.