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Jan 16, 2017
4 min

Reps. Smith and Eshoo Reintroduce Emergency Bipartisan Bill to Help Genocide Survivors

Smith-Eshoo Bill Will Provide Emergency Relief to Christians and Other Religious Minorities Who Survived ISIS Genocide Following his December 2016 mission to Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq to meet with Christian survivors of ISIS genocide, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) reintroduced on January 10 their bipartisan legislation to provide emergency relief to survivors of genocide and ensure accountability for perpetrators. The Iraq and Syria Genocide E

Dec 14, 2016
3 min

Smith, Eshoo Send International Religious Freedom Legislation to President Obama

Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA). The U.S. House of Representatives passed and sent to the President’s desk the Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act (H.R. 1150). The bipartisan bill was authored by U.S. Helsinki Commission Co-Chair Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and co-sponsored by Religious Minorities in the Middle East Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA). “From China and Vietnam to Syria and Nigeria, we are witnessing a tragic,

Apr 29, 2016
2 min

U.S. Legislators Respond to Turkish Genocide Denial and Azeri Aggression

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Congress convened to commemorate the 101st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide earlier this week, Armenian Caucus Members Reps. Jackie Speier (D-CA) and Anna Eshoo (D-CA), along with Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), sent a letter to the Wall Street Journal condemning a Turkish-paid Armenian Genocide denial advertisement included in its April 20th print edition. The letter said in part: “We call on you to apologize for your decision to pub

Mar 17, 2016
1 min

Eshoo Statement on State Department Genocide Designation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.) released the following statement after Secretary of State John Kerry determined the persecution of Christians, Yezidis, and Shiite Muslims in Iraq and Syria is genocide. “Today, the United States has taken decisive and historic action by asserting that the persecution of Christians, Yezidis, and Shiite Muslims by ISIS is genocide. “This determination will elevate the incredible suffering of so many in Iraq and Syria a

Sep 21, 2015
1 min

Luncheon Honoring President Sargsyan and Special Guest Robert Morgenthau (Flyer)

Please join the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation along with U.S. Senator Mark Kirk and U.S. Representatives Ed Royce, Robert Dold, Frank Pallone and Anna Eshoo for a luncheon honoring His Excellency Serzh Sargsyan, President of the Republic of Armenia, with special guest Robert M. Morgenthau, grandson of Ambassador Henry Morgenthau, Sr., who served in the Ottoman Empire in 1915. September 30, 2015 • 12:00 PM HVC 201 Capitol Visitors Center The program will include an

Jun 22, 2015
3 min

Reps. Fortenberry, Eshoo, Denham Call on White House to Direct Assistance to Persecuted Christians

By Haig Hengen (@haighengen) AAANews Blog June 22, 2015 Last week, Reps. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Jeff Denham (R-CA) issued a joint statement after meeting with the White House National Security team to urge assistance to persecuted Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East. The lawmakers suggested a three-pillar approach, which follows the Armenian Assembly of America’s House Appropriations testimony earlier this year, such as huma

Mar 5, 2014
15 min

Preserving the Historical Record in U.S. Congress on 1988 Anti-Armenian Pogroms in Sumgait

The following statements were made by Members of the U.S. Congress to commemorate and preserve in the historical record the 1988 anti-Armenian pogroms in Sumgait, Kirovabad, and Baku, Azerbaijan. Every year, Members of Congress rise to remember the brutal persecution of Armenians in Azerbaijan, events which ultimately led to the independence movement of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. IN REMEMBRANCE OF SUMGAIT, KIROVABAD AND BAKU MASSACRES — SPEECH OF HON. BRAD SHERMAN OF CALI