Bob Menendez: “every year we come to the House floor to commemorate and pay tribute to the 1.5 million victims of the Armenian…”

“every year we come to the House floor to commemorate and pay tribute to the 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide. Sadly, 85 years after the tragedy began, Turkey still refuses to recognize the Armenian Genocide and apologize for the atrocious acts it committed. Since 1923, Turkey has denied the Armenian Genocide despite overwhelming documentation, and since 1923 there has been no justice for the victims and the families of the victims of the Armenian Genocide. To those who continue to resist the truth, I can only believe that they have chosen to ignore the hard evidence or to indulge their shame by ignoring the facts. Like the Holocaust, denying the Armenian Genocide cannot erase the tragedy, the lives that were lost, or compensate for driving people from their homeland. For the people of Armenia, the fight continues today, particularly for the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabagh, who are impacted by modern day Turkey and Azerbaijan's aggression toward Armenia in the form of the Azeri blockade against Nagorno-Karabagh. But their actions are not without consequences. I believe the Congress will continue to provide assistance to the people residing in Nagorno-Karabagh, and we will continue to uphold section 907 of the Freedom Support Act that denies assistance to Azerbaijan until they end their stranglehold on Nagorno-Karabagh. Our message to Turkey and Azerbaijan must be loud and clear.”