Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1512) to amend the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 to require periodic reviews and updated reports relating to the Department of State's Taiwan Guidelines, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 1512 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Taiwan Assurance Implementation Act''. SEC. 2. INCREASED REPORTING REGARDING DEPARTMENT OF STATE TAIWAN GUIDELINES. Section 315 of the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 (subtitle B of title III of division FF of Public Law 116-260; 134 Stat. 3100) is amended-- (1) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ``and any successor document or related document that includes guidance on relations with Taiwan'' after ``memorandum''; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(d) Periodic Reviews and Updated Reports.-- ``(1) In general.--For as long as the Department of State maintains guidance that governs relations with Taiwan as described in subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall-- ``(A) not less than every five years, conduct a review of the Department of State's guidance that governs relations with Taiwan, including the periodic memorandum entitled, `Guidelines on Relations with Taiwan' and related documents, and reissue such guidance to executive branch departments and agencies; and ``(B) not lat…”