Sherrod Brown: “The Armenians have suffered in the early part of this century, in the early part of this century at the hands of the…”

“The Armenians have suffered in the early part of this century, in the early part of this century at the hands of the Turks. The Armenians have suffered through a Soviet regime for decades. This is simply the transition that the Armenians are trying to make from being part of the Soviet union as a State in the Soviet Union to a free market, independent, free society. The American tradition is to extend a helping hand to countries like that. That is all that the Visclosky-Bilirakis amendment is about, to extend that helping hand, to help Armenia in a humanitarian way. That is all we are asking for.”