Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) announced that the resolution recognizing and commemorating the Armenian Genocide has garnered more than 200 cosponsors – the most it has ever amassed. Rep. Schiff introduced the resolution in January along with Reps. Pallone, Knollenberg, and Radanovich.
“Two-hundred cosponsors is an important milestone,” said Congressman Adam Schiff. “This overwhelming support for the resolution is evidence that Members of Congress and their constituents believe that recognizing the Armenian Genocide, which claimed more than a million and a half lives, is a moral imperative.”
“The Affirmation of the U.S. Record on the Armenian Genocide” resolution (H. Res. 106) 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.”
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.
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