US Congressman Jim Costa (D-CA) has joined the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, reported the Armenian Assembly of America. Representative Costa signed on as an original cosponsor of the Armenian Genocide Resolution (H. Res. 316), which was introduced by Representatives George Radanovich (R-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ). A long-time supporter of Armenian-American issues as a member of the California State Assembly, the first-term Congressman also urged President Bush to properly recognize the Armenian Genocide in his April 24th commemorative statement. Additionally, he supported a letter to Foreign Operations Subcommittee on Appropriations Chairman Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) and Ranking Member Nita Lowey (D-NY), asking that Congress maintain significant assistance to Armenia and Karabakh in Fiscal Year 2006.