[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 21, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2002]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               106TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

  (Mr. VALADAO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VALADAO. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the 106th 
anniversary of the Armenian genocide.
  From 1915 to 1923, the Ottoman Empire engaged in the systematic and 
organized murder and deportation of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians.
  Around the world, leaders have rightly identified these horrific 
events as genocide. However, despite both the House of Representatives 
and the Senate passing resolutions in 2019 recognizing this tragedy, no 
United States President has ever joined in this acknowledgement.
  This week, I and my colleagues in the Congressional Caucus on 
Armenian Issues sent a letter to President Biden urging him to formally 
recognize the Armenian genocide.
  Many of the men, women, and children forced to flee Armenia 
immigrated to the United States and have raised their families and 
embraced their new communities in our country. They deserve our 
recognition.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring and remembering those 
whose lives were lost and forever changed by the Armenian genocide.

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