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Four American lawmakers have written to US House Speaker Paul Ryan asking him to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address a joint meeting of the US Congress during his state visit to Washington on June 7-8. They have pleaded that given the depth of our relationship with India across a range of areas — defense, humanitarian and disaster relief, space cooperation, conservation, and innovation, — we believe this is an ideal opportunity for the Congress to hear directly from the Prime Minister. The Congressmen added that since the US-India relationship consistently garners strong bipartisan support, "inviting Prime Minister Modi to address a Joint Meeting will allow Congress to express support for this special global partnership."The lawmakers said the US partnership with India is based on a foundation of shared values, including the rule of law, electoral democracy, and religious pluralism and this renewed partnership has found champions in the leadership of both parties, including both President Clinton and President George Bush, and has been "further emboldened in the United States by a strong, proud, and growing Indian-American diaspora."
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