
H.Con.Res.75 passes
Key House Panel Adopts Fortenberry-Eshoo Measure (H.Con.Res.75) as Deadline Looms for Obama Administration to Issue a Determination on the Matter
WASHINGTON—The House Foreign Affairs Committee this morning brought Congress one step closer to properly condemning as genocide the ongoing ISIL/Da’esh crimes against Christians – including Armenians and Assyrians – as well as Yezidis and other religious minorities in the Middle East, adopting H.Con.Res.75 by voice vote, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
“The ANCA welcomes the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s passage of H.Con.Res75 as an important step in elevating our government’s response to genocide from a political choice to a moral imperative,â€