"I believe that the Armenian Genocide was committed in Ottoman Empire but I cannot speak for the adoption of the Armenian Genocide resolution," Congressman (Indiana) John Pence said at a hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs. According to him, is not the most opportune time for such a decision because the United States are in the phase of the war, and Turkey is their strategic partner in frames of NATO. "As an American I cannot hurt my people," Pence said.