Tag: taiwan

Last week, U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., introduced the “Taiwan Preclearance Act.” “The bill expresses the importance of the United States' relationship with Taiwan and Taiwan's importance in the Indo-Pacific region. The bill also requires...

With Congress back after the week-long recess for Veterans Day, the two chambers are looking to finalize the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and Florida’s two U.S. senators offered a host of amendments to...

This week, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., urged President Joe Biden to publicly invite Taiwan to participate in the Summit on Democracy, which is being convened by the White House and U.S. Department of...

Last week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., sent a letter to Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, to express support for Lithuania’s decision to “open reciprocal representative offices with Taiwan.” The full text of the letter is...

Last week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., sent a letter to U.S. Department of Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin, ahead of his trip to Southeast Asia, to promote freedom of navigation in the South China Sea and encourage our partner nations to engage in multilateral military activities with members of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue and Taiwan.

The bill would lead to more exchanges between officers and defense officials of the two nations while expanding their work on defense and humanitarian and relief operations. 

The three South Florida Republicans are championing a proposal to “prioritize COVID-19 vaccine distribution to Taiwan and Latin American ally countries determined by the Secretary of State to have diplomatic, military, or cultural ties with the United States” and trying to send those vaccines before China does.