Rep. Gus Bilirakis, a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues, spoke on the House Floor on July 19, 2012, to recall a somber anniversary that has pained the Cypriot and Hellenic communities for the past 38 years. Even though the tragic events of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus took place so long ago, on July 20, 1974, the suffering of the victims has not subsided.