The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will meet Wednesday to discuss the Taiwan Policy Act of 2022, cosponsored by Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez and GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham.
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez speaks at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey August 18, 2015.
"When it comes to Taiwan, our response should be that we are for democracy and against communist aggression,"in June."We live in dangerous times. China is sizing up America and our commitment to Taiwan. The danger will only grow worse if we show weakness in the face of Chinese threats and aggression toward Taiwan. I’m hopeful we will receive large bipartisan support for our legislation and that the Biden Administration will sign on in support."FILE - Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.
Murphy is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which will have a markup of the bill on Wednesday. The Bloomberg report came out after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, the first speaker to go there in decades. China issued threats over Pelosi's visit and has ramped up aggressive behavior toward Taiwan since then.Graham and Menendez led their own delegation on a trip to Taiwan in April. They, along with Sens. Richard Burr, R-N.C., Robert Portman, R-Ohio, and Ben Sasse, R-Neb., as well as Rep.
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