[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 27281]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                      REGARDING TRAGEDY IN ARMENIA

  (Mr. McNULTY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McNULTY. Mr. Speaker, our hearts go out today to the families of 
Prime Minister Sarkisian, Speaker Demirchian and all of those who lost 
their lives yesterday in the violent attack in Yerevan. And we join 
with freedom-loving peoples throughout the world in expressing 
solidarity with President Kocharian and the Armenian people as they 
continue to promote democracy in their great country.
  Mr. Speaker, if the forces of violence think they are going to 
reverse what happened in September of 1991, they are sadly mistaken. I 
was in Armenia on its independence day. I watched in awe as 95 percent 
of all the people over the age of 18 went out and voted. I watched them 
stand in line for hours to have that opportunity which had been denied 
to them for so long. Their spirit is strong. They shall not be 
deterred. The dream shall never die.
  Ketse azat ankakh hayastan. Long live free and independent Armenia.

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