Political Quotes

“I want to begin by commending my colleague from California, Dick Lehman, for organizing this special order to commemorate the Armenian genocide. Garbo Kaisserlian, Tamam Hadishian, Manam Haydarian, Gabriel Suslian, Haroutoon and Sare Yeretzyan, Krikor Kaprelian, Dikran Meghdasian, Arsham Arshamian, Travanda Malkasian and Giragos Kazarian. These are just a few of the names of relatives of the citizens of Wisconsin's First District who died at the hands of the Turkish Government during the Armenian genocide between the years of 1915 and 1923. Each year Armenians and those of us who are concerned about this issue remember the 1.5 million victims of this horrific crime against humanity. The remembrance has another purpose however, one of education and recognition. On April 24th, 1915, hundreds of Armenian religious, political and intellectual leaders were arrested, exiled and eventually murdered in remote areas of Eastern Anatolia in eastern Turkey.”