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Armenian Caucus Seeks $70 Million Targeted Aid Package for Artsakh and Armenia

-- Circulates Congressional ‘Dear Colleague’ Letter Outlining FY2020 Aid Priorities

WASHINGTON, DC – The Congressional Armenian Caucus is calling upon Chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Ranking Member Hal Rogers (R-KY) of the Appropriations Subcommittee of Foreign Operations to back a $70 million Fiscal Year 2020 aid package for Artsakh and Armenia.

“We want to thank Congressman Pallone and his colleagues in the leadership of the Armenian Caucus for seeking the support of their U.S. House colleagues for a robust aid package for Artsakh and Armenia,” said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. (more...)

ANCA Testifies Before Congress for Robust Artsakh and Armenia Aid

“Direct U.S. aid to Nagorno Karabakh has represented a powerful investment in peace and an enduring expression of America’s leadership in supporting a negotiated and democratic resolution of outstanding security and status issues between Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) and Azerbaijan.” — ANCA Government Affairs Director Raffi Karakashian

WASHINGTON, DC – In the Armenian National Committee of America’s (ANCA) first Congressional testimony since Armenia’s Velvet Revolution, Government Affairs Director Raffi Karakashian called on Congress to make a $70+ million investment in Artsakh peace and the strategic upgrade in U.S.-Armenia relations. (more...)

ANCA: Pallone and Schiff Call for Increased Aid to Armenia and Artsakh

WASHINGTON, DC – With a strong focus on the new opportunities for the growth of U.S.-Armenia relations in the wake of last year’s Velvet Revolution, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and House Select Committee on Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) each offered testimony to the U.S. House foreign aid panel in support of expanded assistance to both Armenia and Artsakh, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

“We strongly support the foreign aid priorities advanced by Congressmen Schiff and Pallone and thank them both their leadership in working with key appropriators in support of a forward-leaning aid package (more...)

Schiff and Bilirakis Rally Support for Sustained U.S. Policy of Official Armenian Genocide Recognition and Remembrance

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressmen Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) called on their House colleagues today to join them in launching the Armenian Genocide Resolution, bipartisan legislation aimed at establishing, as a matter of U.S. policy, 1) the rejection of Armenian Genocide denial, 2) ongoing official U.S. government recognition and remembrance of this crime, and 3) the importance of Armenian Genocide education in preventing modern-day atrocities, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

The resolution’s authors are currently asking collecting original cosponsors for the legislation and are expected to introduce their measure on the House flo (more...)

Pallone Resolution Seeks to Break Down Barriers to U.S.-Artsakh Travel, Communication, and Cooperation

-- ANCA Backs Bipartisan Resolution Promoting Direct Dialogue, Strengthening Cease-Fire, and Returning Artsakh to the Peace Process

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressional Armenian Caucus founding Co-Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) was joined today by a dozen of his U.S. House colleagues in introducing the U.S.-Artsakh Travel and Communication Resolution, a bipartisan measure that aims to break down artificial barriers to unrestricted travel and open communication between the United States and Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh). (more...)

HALC and ANCA Welcome End to U.S. GSP Subsidies For Turkish Exports

-- Trump Administration Decision Impacts Over $1 Billion in Annual Turkish Exports to U.S.

WASHINGTON, DC – President Trump today called for the termination of preferential trade treatment for Turkey, a policy priority long advanced by the Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC) and Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

“HALC and ANCA are gratified to see the Administration act on our long-standing call to protect American taxpayers and consumers from having to forcibly subsidize Turkish exports to U.S. markets,” HALC Executive Director Endy Zemenides and ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. “While – for reasons that remain unclear – the Pres (more...)

Members of Congress Commemorate Anti-Armenian Massacres in Sumgait, Kirovabad and Baku

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chairs Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Jackie Speier (D-CA) and Vice-Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) were joined by Representatives Judy Chu (D-CA), TJ Cox (D-CA), and Brad Sherman (D-CA) in commemorating the brutal massacres of Armenians in the Azerbaijani cities of Baku, Sumgait and Kirovabad from 1988-1990 and condemning the ongoing violence and intimidation fostered by the government of President Ilham Aliyev, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

See their full statements. (more...)

ANCA’s Raphael Lemkin Policy Lecture Focuses on Transitional Justice as a Response to Genocide

-- International Association of Genocide Scholars President Dr. Henry Theriault Inaugurates “Capitol Hill Conversations about the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide”

WASHINGTON, DC – Inspired by the recent adoption of the landmark Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) launched the Raphael Lemkin Policy Series today with a lecture by Dr. Henry Theriault, President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars. The series aims to foster an ongoing Capitol Hill conversation among legislative, civil society, academic, and other stakeholders about preventing and punishing genocide. (more...)

Congress Puts Brakes on Pending U.S. Arms Sales to Turkey

-- HALC and ANCA Welcome Broad Bi-Partisan Support for Statutory Restrictions

WASHINGTON, DC -- Congress passed a far-ranging spending bill today that includes two provisions regarding Turkey that are backed by the ANCA and the Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC).

The first provision blocks the sale of weapons to Turkish President Recep Erdogan’s security detail unless Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reports to Congress that members of that detail, charged with beating U.S. protesters in May of 2017 in Washington, DC, are brought to justice. (more...)

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Armenian Caucus Seeks $70 Million Targeted Aid Package for Artsakh and Armenia
03/14/2019

ANCA Testifies Before Congress for Robust Artsakh and Armenia Aid
03/12/2019

Congressmen Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) are spearheading the Armenian Genocide Resolution in the 116th Congress.

Schiff and Bilirakis Rally Support for Sustained U.S. Policy of Official Armenian Genocide Recognition and Remembrance
03/11/2019

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and House Select Committee on Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) both offered testimony in support of expanded aid to Armenia and Artsakh.

Pallone and Schiff Call for Increased Aid to Armenia and Artsakh
03/11/2019

Pallone Resolution Seeks to Break Down Barriers to U.S.-Artsakh Travel, Communication, and Cooperation
03/07/2019

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