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October 11, 2007
TAAF Expresses Grave Concern Over the Approval of HR.106 in the House Committee
The Turkish American Alliance for Fairness (TAAF) expresses grave concern and deep disappointment for the approval of the House Resolution 106 (HR.106) in the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
The HR.106 is based on one-sided information that serves a group of greedy lobbyists whose livelyhood depends on the perpetuation of hatred against Turks and discrimination against Turkish Americans.
Now, the House has become a mirror to project this hatred towards Turkish-Americans and friends of Turkey who live in this country. Yesterday's vote of approval will encourage further attacks and discrimination against the Turkish-American community, and deeply wound people of Turkey as well.
It is incomprehensible to TAAF why some Representatives insist on legislating history instead of concentrating on many urgent issues that concern our country today, among them healthcare reform, social security reform, educational reform, war against terrorism, and war against drugs. Is this issue worth endangering the deep friendship between the peoples of the United States of America and Republic of Turkey?
TAAF still would like to believe that common sense will prevail at the end of the day and HR.106 will either not reach the House floor, or be voted down.