
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and ANCA Chairman Raffi Hamparian discussing Armenian American policy priorities.
WASHINGTON—Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Chairman Raffi Hamparian recently discussed the Armenian American community’s foreign policy priorities with U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), who was unanimously selected on November 15 by House Republicans to continue serving as Speaker for the coming session of Congress.
Hamparian underscored the ANCA’s eagerness to support the efforts of Speaker Ryan and his newly elected GOP leadership team, as well as House Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer, to advance bipartisan issues of concern to Armenian American voters during the upcoming 115th Congress, which will convene in January of 2017.
“I was pleased to have an opportunity to exchange views with the newly selected Speaker of the House, a leader with deep roots in the Racine, Wisconsin area – home to a vibrant Armenian community,â€