[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 72 (Thursday, April 27, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E555]
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         RECOGNITION AND COMMEMORATION OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

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                         HON. SALUD O. CARBAJAL

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 27, 2017

  Mr. CARBAJAL. Mr. Speaker, earlier this month, I joined with over 80 
of my House colleagues in calling upon President Trump to properly 
recognize the Armenian Genocide for what it is--a genocide.
   Unfortunately, the president continued to extend U.S. complicity in 
Turkey's denial of the Armenian Genocide by failing to properly 
characterize the near annihilation of the Armenians of the Ottoman 
Empire as a genocide.
   The facts are indisputable. Over 1.5 million Armenians were 
massacred during the first genocide of the 20th century.
   As crimes of genocide continue to plague this world, Turkey's policy 
of denying the Armenian Genocide gives license to those who perpetrate 
genocide everywhere.
   As we recognize and commemorate the 102nd Anniversary of the 
Armenian Genocide I join my colleagues in calling upon the Turkey 
government to ends its campaign of denial and urge the administration 
to end American complicity of this crime against humanity.

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