Members of Congress and the Armenian Assembly expressed strong concerns regarding Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s remarks on the Armenian Genocide at a town hall meeting last week, reported the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly).

In a dear colleague letter circulated today, Congressmen Adam Schiff and Robert Dold, sponsors of the Armenian Genocide resolution, urged Members to join them in sending a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calling on the Secretary to “disavow her ill-considered statement.”

Expressing surprise and dismay about Secretary Hillary Clinton’s recent remarks on the Armenian Genocide, the Assembly sent a letter to President Barack Obama requesting swift action.

“Secretary Clinton’s response is untenable and requires immediate remedy. Mr. President now is the time to fulfill your campaign promise and unequivocally affirm the Armenian Genocide,” the Assembly wrote in its letter. 

“There is no debate about the historical fact of the Armenian Genocide,” Reps. Schiff and Dold told the Assembly.

“Raphael Lemkin, a Holocaust survivor who coined the term genocide and worked tirelessly toward the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, invoked the Armenian experience as a prime example of genocide,” continued Schiff and Dold.

“We welcome this bi-partisan initiative to set the record straight,” stated Assembly Executive Director Bryan Ardouny. “We urge human rights activists from across the country to make sure that their Member of Congress signs this important letter to Secretary Clinton,” added Ardouny.