The chairman of House Foreign Affairs Committee Howard Berman, today denounced efforts by his colleagues in the Turkish Caucus to question the historical truth of the Armenian Genocide, rejecting the flawed national security and economic arguments put forth by these legislators to block the adoption of the Armenian Genocide Resolution by the full U.S. House of Representatives, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

The official sent a letter to his House colleagues.

“Chairman Berman expertly takes apart each Turkish Caucus excuse to delay, derail, and ultimately defeat the Armenian Genocide Resolution. We look to the House leadership, first and foremost Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Hoyer, to follow Chairman Berman’s lead in both scheduling this genocide-prevention measure for a vote and in working energetically with their colleagues to secure its adoption,” said ANCA executive director Aram Hamparian.