"It is unacceptable that the Turkish nation should be accused of a crime that it never committed in its history," said a statement issued by the Turkish government.
"We regret that the House Foreign Affairs Committee has approved House Resolution 106 and sent it on for consideration by the full House," said a statement issued by the U.S. Department of State.
Aram Hamparian: as Americans, we must always remain free to speak openly about human rights and should never outsource our nation's foreign policy - or our morality - to another nation.