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On the recordMay 15, 2026
as President Trump returns from Beijing, I rise to deliver a clear message: We must fulfill America's commitments to Taiwan. Congress has approved the sale of critical defense systems to Taiwan. Taiwan has paid for them, and these weapons have not yet been delivered. Xi Jinping's number one goal from the summit was to convince Trump not to sell these weapons, and that is exactly why we need to. Taiwan's legislature has passed a landmark special defense budget, a show of serious commitment to its own self-defense. We need to hold up our end of the deal. This is about national security and our own economy. TSMC has invested over $200 billion in my home State of Arizona. Phoenix has become the epicenter of the semiconductor industry. Those jobs, those fabs, that future, it all depends on a stable, secure, self-governing democratic Taiwan. As co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Taiwan Caucus, I call on the Trump administration to immediately complete delivery of every defense system Congress has approved and Taiwan has purchased. No more delays. No more excuses.
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Greg Stanton
Democratic · Arizona

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Addressing U.S. commitments to Taiwan and defense system sales during a speech.

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