A strong India is a strong US: US Congresswoman Haley Stevens

A strong India means a strong US, three influential American lawmakers have said, as they pledged to work towards strengthening the relationship between the two largest democratic countries of the world at a time when the world was facing many challenges.

Their comments came at a reception hosted by the Indian Embassy on Tuesday for the visiting Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh.

“I reflect that a strong India is a strong US,” Congresswoman Haley Stevens, the Vice Chair of the Science Space and Technology Committee and the subcommittee chair for research and technology, said.

“Our plight as democratic nations of large geographies facing complex global challenges from climate change, to certainly a pandemic; challenges that we can turn into opportunities, challenges that create entrepreneurial endeavors; challenges that compel us to continue to come together,” she said.

“This is why I am such a believer in the strong US-India relationship," she said.

Congresswoman Stevens represents the 11th Congressional District in Michigan which has one of the largest concentrations of Indian-Americans.