Top lawmakers overseeing U.S. foreign policy are urging the House speaker to invite India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address Congress on a visit slated for June.
Four lawmakers, including the top-ranking Republican and Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Reps. Ed Royce and Eliot Engel, say that Modi is expected to visit Washington June 7 and 8.
They wrote Tuesday to the Republican speaker of the House, Paul Ryan. They say that given the depth of U.S.-India relations, the visit would be an "ideal opportunity" to invite Modi to address a joint meeting of Congress.
The Obama administration has yet to announce the visit. Modi first visited Washington months after he took power in 2014. Relations have improved during his tenure.
His predecessor, Manmohan Singh, addressed Congress in 2005.