House Foreign Affairs Committee Calls for Release of Armenian Prisoners, Return of Artsakh’s Armenians— Representatives Amo, Sherman, and Titus Lead Efforts to Demand Accountability for Azerbaijan and Turkey’s Regional AggressionWASHINGTON, DC – The House Foreign Affairs Committee today adopted Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) backed amendments to the Fiscal Year 2026 State Department Authorization Bill (H.R.5300), directing the State Department to secure the release of Armenian prisoners of war, safeguard Armenian religious and cultural heritage, and support the right of return for the forcibly displaced Armenians of Artsakh. In a further step forward for accountability, the Committee also passed an amendment calling for a comprehensive report on Turkey’s regional destabilization. Armenian prisoners of war are still held in Azerbaijan. And more than 120,000 Armenian refugees still cannot safely return to their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh,” stated Rep. Amo during debate. We should not be developing the economy of Azerbaijan until it releases all Armenian prisoners of war from a war that’s over,” Sherman argued.