Connecticut becomes 5th state in unanimous congressional support for H. Res. 106 on recognizing the Armenian Genocide of 1915 perpetrate by the Ottoman Turkey. Congressmen John Larson, Joseph Courtney, and Christopher Murphy, the Connecticut delegation now unanimously supports the Armenian Genocide resolutions in the Senate and House of Representatives, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) reports. Senator Christopher Dodd, Senator Joseph Lieberman, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, and Congressman Christopher Shay, were all original cosponsors of S. Res. 106 and H. Res. 106. Currently, the New England states of Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont have 20 of 22 Representatives signed on to H. Res. 106, and nine of twelve Senators signed on to S. Res. 106.