Home/State Department Welcomes Royce-Engel Karabagh Peace Initiatives/The State Department has officially welcomed proposals by U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce, Ranking Democrat Eliot Engel and more than 80 of their House colleagues The State Department has officially welcomed proposals by U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce, Ranking Democrat Eliot Engel and more than 80 of their House colleagues