ALRIGHT WE'RE GONNA MAKE AN
ANNOUNCEMENT. WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN IN THIS ROOM? FIRST IS
GOING TO BE RULES COMMITTEE IS
GONNA ASSEMBLE. WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE ONE PRESENTATION. AND THEN
AFTER THAT, IT WILL BE A LITTLE
BIT CLEARER. UM WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH
THE ASSEMBLY FLOOR? ONCE WE GET
THAT INFORMATION, WE'LL LET YOU
KNOW. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW WE'RE
WAITING FOR, UM FOR
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S WARD TO MAKE
THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE DIOCESE
. THE ROOM HAS BEEN CHANGED FOR
THE RULES COMMITTEE FROM 1 26 TO
1100. ONCE THAT'S DONE, WE'LL
MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, AND THEN
BY THEN WE'LL GET MORE
INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO GIVE
TO YOU, BUT FOR NOW, WE'LL HAVE
ALL THE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS THAT
ARE HERE IF YOU COULD TAKE SOME
SEATS OUT IN THE IN THE AUDIENCE
THERE AND WHEN WE ASKED FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT, DON'T BE SHY,
COMING UP AND ADDING YOUR ME
TOO. CAN'T WAIT FOR THEM.
ALRIGHT WE'RE GOING TO START
RULES COMMITTEE IF WE COULD HAVE
THE MEMBERS CLEAR. AROUND THE
DIETS. IF YOU'RE NOT A RULES
COMMITTEE MEMBER, PLEASE GO TO
THE AUDIENCE AREA SO WE CAN
START TO MOVE FORWARD. I'LL.
YEAH. OKAY? OUT OF OUT OF THAT.
ALRIGHT IT'S BEEN ANNOUNCED THAT
ROLLS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN CHANGED
FROM ROOM 1 26 TO 1100 WITH THAT
WE WAS MOVE FORWARD AND
ESTABLISHED RULES COMMITTEE.
RAMOS HERE, WALDRON. ADDIS.
CARILLO LARA LOW HELLO. ORTEGA.
THE CHICO HAPPEN HERE IN. RUBIO
VALENCIA. THANK YOU ESTABLISH
QUORUM. WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA
ITEM. IS THERE A MOTION FOR THE
CONSENT AGENDA? MR CHAIR. I
WOULD LIKE. TO HMM. I
RESPECTFULLY OBJECT TO THE
REFERRAL OF A SAY SIX. THIS
MEASURE DIRECTLY AFFECTS THE
OPERATION OF THE UC SYSTEM BASED
ON THE SUBJECT MATTER, IT SHOULD
BE DOUBLE REFERRED TO THE HIGHER
EDUCATION COMMITTEE. AND I WOULD
REQUEST THAT WE VOTE ON IT
SEPARATELY. THANK YOU. THERE'S
BEEN A REQUEST TO SIX IS THE
EMOTION OF THE REMAINDER CONSENT
AGENDA. IT'S BEEN EMOTIONAL
SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
RAMOS. AYE, WALDRON, ATIS.
ADDIS, I CARILLO. RIO I EASILY
THE SALEI FLORA. FLORA I LO
ORTEGA ORTEGA. I PACHECO Kò
POPPIN PELLERIN. PILLAR AND I
RUBIO RUBIO I VALENCIA.
VALENCIA. AYE. THANK YOU. MOTION
PASSES. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE
SINGLE REFERRAL OF A C A SIX
HANEY TO LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
COMMITTEE. THE EMOTION A SECOND.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. RAMOS
RAMOS, I, WALDRON WALDRON, NO
ADDIS ADISAI CARILLO CARILLO AYE
SLE SALINO FLORA FLORA NO LOW
ORTEGA ORTEGA I PACHECO CHECKING
BY POPPIN HAPPENED, I PILLAR IN
PILLAR AND I RUBIO RUBIO I
VALENCIA. VALENCIA. AYE. MOTION
PASSES. THANK YOU, UM WE'RE
GONNA MOVE STRAIGHT INTO THEM.
WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION. WE
WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 12. HR 26
BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER FRIEDMAN,
WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S HAPPEN, PLEASE
BEGIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD
MORNING, MR CHAIR AND MEMBERS,
UM, AS A PROUD GREEK AMERICAN
WHOSE OWN PEOPLE SUFFERED AT THE
HANDS OF THE TURKS. I AM SITTING
HERE BEFORE YOU ON BEHALF OF
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S FREEMAN. UM
ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE FOR HR 26,
WHICH COMMEMORATES AND HONORS
THAT THREE MILLION VICTIMS, MORE
THAN HALF OF THEM ETHNIC
ARMENIANS. WHO WERE
SYSTEMATICALLY KILLED AT THE
HANDS OF THE TURKISH OTTOMAN
EMPIRE, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
SYRIANS, GREEKS AND OTHER
CHRISTIANS PERISHED IN ONE OF
THE MOST ATROCIOUS VIOLATIONS OF
HUMAN RIGHTS IN HISTORY. FOR
OVER A CENTURY, THERE HAVE BEEN
STATEMENTS OF DENIAL OF THE
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE. EVEN TODAY,
THE LEADERS OF TURKEY DENY THAT
THE GENOCIDE EVER TOOK PLACE AND
YOU WILL HEAR SUCH TESTIMONY IN
THIS ROOM SHORTLY. AS YOU HAVE
HEARD IN YEARS PAST. THE LEADERS
OF TURKEY CONTINUE TO USE
RHETORIC THAT SUGGESTS THAT THEY
ARE UNWILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
PAST BY ATTEMPTING TO CONCEAL
THE TRUTH. SILENCE IN THE FACE
OF DENIAL EMBOLDENS ONLY THOSE
WHO COMMIT EMBOLDEN THOSE WHO
WOULD COMMIT GENOCIDE IN THE
FUTURE AND PROMOTES IMPUNITY AND
CULTURES OF INTOLERANCE.
PERPETUATORS OF SUBSEQUENT
CRIMES HAVE BEEN EMBOLDENED BY
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY'S
FAILURE TO CONFRONT GENOCIDE. WE
MUST CONTINUE TO PROPERLY
RECOGNIZED GENOCIDE IN ORDER TO
LEARN FROM THEM TO HELP PREVENT
FUTURE GENOCIDE AND INDEED TO
HEAL. THANK YOU AND I
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR I
VOTE. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY
WITNESSES AND SUPPORT. ANY
WITNESSES AND OPPOSITION.
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. THE
BUTTON. YES. GOOD MORNING.
ANOTHER LITTLE CHAIR. AND MEMBER
OF THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS
CAROL. HAND MATTER. PRESIDENT OF
CALIFORNIA TOOK HIS COALITIONS.
I THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME
OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU
REGARDING HR 26. I WANT TO
EMPHASIZE THAT. HR 26.
HISTORICALLY HISTORICAL ACCURACY
IS QUESTIONABLE AND HAS
POTENTIAL PROPAGATE THE HATE
PROPAGANDA. I URGE THE COMMITTEE
TO CONSIDER ARE MORE
COMPREHENSIVE AND INCLUSIVE
APPROACH IN DRAFTING A
RESOLUTION THAT NICE TO PEOPLE
INSTEAD OF DIVIDING THEM. ONE
ISSUE WITH HR 26 IS IT'S CLAIMED
THAT 1.1 MILLION ARMENIANS WERE
MASSACRED. WHICH CONTRADICTS
HISTORICAL EVIDENCE. ARMENIAN
TURKISH AND BRITISHNESS SOURCE
INDICATE THAT ARMENIAN
POPULATION WAS 1,100,000.
THEREFORE, IT IS UNCLEAR. HOW
ONE POINT OF WHAT FIVE MILLION
PEOPLE COULD HELP IN MASSACRED
FROM A POPULATION OF 1.1 MILLION
ADDITIONALLY, THE RESOLUTION
STATES THAT US SAVED ONE MILLION
ARMENIANS. WELL ARMENIAN AND
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTS SHOWS
THAT 500,000 MOVED TO FRANCE.
250,000 MOVED TO RUSSIA AND THE
REMAINING ARMENIA'S MOVED
UTILITY. ENGLAND, IRAN AND IRAQ.
I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT. HR 26
DOES NOT PROVIDE ACCURATE
INFORMATION. AND IT'S AND IT'S
CUT AND PAYS PREVIOUSLY
RESOLUTION. THIS APPROACH.
PATRIOT PROPAGANDA AGAINST
TURKISH CITIZENS. RESULTED IN
VIOLENCE ATTACKS. THREE TURKISH
CONSULATE MURDER IN CALIFORNIA
BY ARMENIAN TERRORISTS. SUCH
ACTION DEMONSTRATE THAT THE
YOUNGER GENERATION HAS BEEN
BRAINWASHED BY THE DAY. ASK FOR
THAT. THE RESOLUTION LEAD,
VERBAL AND PHYSICAL ATTACKS ON
INDIVIDUALS LIKE MYSELF. WE HAVE
LOST THEIR JOBS SIMPLY BECAUSE
THEY ARE TURKISH. WHILE I
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS RESOLUTION
OUR INTENT TO SYMPATHIZE WITH
THOSE ARMENIANS, ARMENIANS LOST
THEIR LIVES. I MUST STRESS THAT
RESOLUTION LIKE HR 26. CREATE
HATRED AND BIGOTRY, WHICH ARE
CAN'T COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.
THEREFORE. I PROPOSED THAT THE
COMMITTEE PUT HR 26 ON HOLD. AND
WORK TOGETHER TO DRAFT A NEW
RESOLUTION THAT I COULDN'T THE
REFLECTS HISTORICAL EVENT AND
PROMOTE UTILITY UNITY AND RATHER
THAN DIVISION THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME AND ATTENTION. THANK YOU
FOR THAT. GOING NOW TO THE. THE
CHAMBERS. ANYONE IN OPPOSITION?
ANYONE IN SUPPORT. BRINGING IT
BACK TO THE DIESS. TO THE
OPPOSITION. I HAVE A QUESTION
FOR YOU. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE
QUESTIONING THE 1.1 MILLION
PEOPLE THAT WERE MASSACRED. WAS
THAT CORRECT? WHAT NUMBER WOULD
BE ACCEPTABLE. IF THAT'S NOT THE
RIGHT NUMBER. HOW MANY ACCORDING
THIS INFORMATION LIKE 75,000. SO
75,000 MASSACRED PEOPLE. IS IT
CORRECT NUMBER? YOU UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES. THAT'S
A HORRIBLE NUMBER. I'M NOT
SAYING THIS. NOTHING THAT
HAPPENED, BUT I'M SAYING THAT WE
SHOULD GET THE HISTORICAL FACTS
AND FIGURES AND THIS, YOU KNOW,
IN THE STAGE AND ARMENIAN IF YOU
WANT TO, IF YOU ACCUSED OF
SOMEBODY WITH THE GENOCIDE, YOU
HAVE TO HAVE INTERNATIONAL COURT
RULING ARMENIANS WENT TO THE
INTERNATIONAL COURT TWICE HAS
BEEN REJECTED. OTHERWISE, IT'S
THE SLANDERING IF I CALL
SOMEBODY'S CHILD MOLESTER
WITHOUT THE QUARTER LINK. WELL
WOULD YOU CONSIDER 75,000 PEOPLE
GENOCIDE? WELL, ACCORDING TO
THIS, YOU KNOW AS I SAID, IS THE
GENERAL SIDE DEFINITION IS
DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS HAPPENED
IN OVER THERE. IF YOU NAME ANY
GENOCIDE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT
AFFECT US. YOU KNOW IT'S SELL.
THIS IS GENOCIDE. AND AS I SAID,
QUOTE, RULING ELDERS IS A
GENOCIDE. AND YOU CANNOT ACT
LIKE A COURT YOU CAN CALL. THIS
IS A WELL CONSIDERED AS A
GENOCIDE. BUT IT'S NOT. YOU
CAN'T SAY IT'S THE GENOCIDE.
OKAY? THANK YOU REMEMBER, SALEY
BREAK, MAKE A BRIEF COMMENT. I
WANT TO THANK THE AUTHOR AND,
UH, THE PRESENTER FOR BRINGING
THIS RESOLUTION. I DON'T WANT TO
BE CLEAR. THIS IS NOT AN ATTACK
ON THE ON PEOPLE OF TURKISH
DESCENT. I MEAN, WE HAVE. WE ALL
KNOW TURKISH PEOPLE AND FRIENDS
WITH THEM, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE HISTORY AND TO NOT
ERASE WHAT HAPPENED TO A GROUP
OF PEOPLE AND ETHNIC GROUP OF
PEOPLE THE ARMENIANS, SO IF YOU
REALLY WANT UNITY AND TO MOVE
FORWARD, YOU HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
WHAT HAPPENED. SO I JUST
ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHANGE THIS.
THIS THIS TACTIC IN THIS
RHETORIC ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT
HAPPENED AND MOVE FORWARD. BUT I
THINK PEOPLE ARE SOPHISTICATED
ENOUGH TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT
HAPPENED HISTORICALLY AND NOT
ATTACK CURRENT TURKISH PEOPLE.
NO ONE IS ADVOCATING FOR THAT.
SO UM, I'LL BE, UH, I'LL BE
HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS FROM THE DICE? YOU'RE
WELCOME TO CLOSE. I THANK YOU TO
MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES FOR
THEIR REMARKS. IF IT LOOKS AND
ACTS LIKE A GENOCIDE, IT'S
GENOCIDE. AND THE IMPORTANCE OF
ACKNOWLEDGING A GENOCIDE CANNOT
BE UNDERSTATED. I RESPECTFULLY
REQUEST AND I VOTE. THANK YOU,
SIR. MOTION. MOTION SECOND,
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. ON HR. 26
RAMOS RAMOS, I, WALDRON WALDRON
I ADDIS ADISAI CARILLO VÚI SLE
SALEI FLORA LARA. I LO LO, I
ORTEGA ORTEGA. I PACHECO POPPIN
PELLERIN PILLAR AND I RUBIO VÚI
VALENCIA. VALENCIA. AYE. MOTION
PASSES. MOTION PASSES. YOU HAVE
TO DO WE GET LOW.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S HOW DO YOU
VOTE? AS ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LOW ON
THE CONSENT ITEMS LOW. I
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S LOW ON THE
SINGLE REFERRAL OF A C A SIX.
HELLO. I THANK YOU THAT
CONCLUDES, UM, RULES COMMITTEE
RULES COMMITTEE IS ADJOURNED.