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ANC-PAC Endorses Texas Congressional
Candidate Nick Lampson
Candidate Nick Lampson
Former Congressman seeks House seat once held by Tom Delay
October 18, 2006
HOUSTON, TX - The Armenian National Committee-Political Action Committee (ANC-PAC) issued a statement today endorsing Nick Lampson's campaign to represent the 22nd Congressional District in Texas. The 22nd Congressional District is comprised of parts of four different counties in Southeast Texas and includes the cities of Sugar Land, Missouri City and Deer Park. Lampson had served four terms in Congress, beginning in 1996, before being voted out of office as a result of a redistricting plan orchestrated by the, now indicted, former Congressman Tom Delay. "We are pleased to be supporting Nick Lampson's congressional campaign," commented Vatche Hovsepian, a representative of the ANC-PAC in Texas. "Nick was a good friend of our community before he was the victim of Tom Delay's illegal redistricting scheme and we believe he will go to Washington, DC to represent the hopes and dreams of his Armenian American constituents. For this reason we are proud that our many supporters, including members of the local Armenian Youth Federation's Dro Chapter, have and will continue to volunteer for Nick's campaign until election day," he added. The endorsement issued today represents a remarkable turnaround for Armenian Americans in the 22nd Congressional District in Texas, an area that for years has been represented by Tom Delay. Delay, the disgraced former House Majority Leader, was one of the most anti-Armenian Congressman in U.S. history. He repeatedly used his high office to block votes on Armenian Genocide resolutions. Delay was also closely aligned with former Congressman Bob Livingston, who is registered as a foreign agent for the Republic of Turkey. In January of 2004 Nick Lampson co-authored a letter to House Speaker Dennis Hastert urging him to allow a vote on an Armenian Genocide resolution (H.Res.193). H.Res. 193 was a resolution that sought to have the United States officially recognize the Armenian Genocide and mark the 15th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan's signing the 1987 Genocide Convention Implementation Act, also known as the Proxmire Act. The bill was passed the House Judiciary Committee on May 22, 2003, but was never considered by the full House because it was blocked by current House Speaker Dennis Hastert. The ANC-PAC is a non-partisan federally registered political action committee established to support campaign committees for Members of Congress who share the values of the Armenian American community. The ANC-PAC is at the forefront of efforts to ensure that the voice of the Armenian American community is clearly heard in our nation's capital. The ANC-PAC continues a century old tradition of Armenian Americans engagement on the public policy issues facing national political leaders, both in the U.S. Congress and the White House."
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