WASHINGTON, DC - Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Senator Carl Levin and Senator Michael Bennet  recently cosponsored S.Res. 410, the Armenian Genocide resolution, reported the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly).

In addition to Levin and Bennet, S.Res. 410, which passed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on April 10th, has the support of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Select Committee on Intelligence Chairwoman Diane Feinstein (D-CA), Select Committee on Ethics Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA), and Sens. Ed Markey (D-MA), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).

“As a Michigander, I'm proud to know Senator Levin continues to fight for his Armenian American constituents," stated Michigan State University student, Ani Stamboulian, who is participating in the Assembly's Terjenian-Thomas Summer Internship Program in Washington, DC.

“Thank you, Senator Levin, for lending your voice to the voiceless - the 1.5 million Armenians that were murdered by the Ottoman Turks,” Stamboulian said.

“We stand with the Armenian people in remembrance of the genocide that took place nearly a century ago in the waning days of the Ottoman Empire,” Senator Bennet told the Assembly.

“The catastrophic loss of life, systematic killing, and displacement of innocent civilians was dreadful and unthinkable.  We also reaffirm our commitment to ensuring that such a tragedy will never happen again,” Bennet said.

Michigan and Colorado are two of 43 U.S. states to have recognized the Armenian Genocide and both have substantial records affirming this historical truth. 

Having passed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, S.Res. 410 now awaits a vote on the Senate floor.