The success of the Armenian Genocide resolutions at the US House panel was the result of the great efforts by Armenian National Committees, Armenian American community and all the Armenian organizations. Elizabeth Chouldjian, the coordinator of the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Washington Office, stated it in an interview with the Azdak Beirut newspaper. When presenting the two documents, Ms. Chouldjian noted that the first one urges the US President "to properly acknowledge the Armenian Genocide and use that term, which should be reflected in the US foreign policy."
She explained that on the eve of the vote, 140 House members endorsed the Res. 316, and about 85 members endorsed the Res. 195. She also noted that Armenian organizations throughout the US lobbied for the resolutions by letters, phone calls and personal meetings with Congress members. The second resolution urges Turkey to give up its denialist policy of the crime and start a dialogue to Armenia to decide the issue in a fair way. Touching upon the latest reports on Turkish Embassy in the US and Turkish organizations bribing House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) in 2000 in order for the latter prevent the passage of resolutions favorable for Armenians, E. Chouldjian said, "There are countries that secretly try to affect the American legislative process. This makes convincing the society in not transparency of political processes in America necessary.» "We are sure that in case resolutions are submitted to the House, these will be adopted. We will further present our approached to the MPs. We are optimistic,» she assured, reported the Yerkir newspaper.