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“The geopolitical situation surrounding Taiwan is changing rapidly. Our relationship with Taiwan must be flexible enough to meet these new challenges. Unfortunately, the State Department's classified Taiwan contact guidelines are often not conducive to a robust relationship with Taiwan, and Congress has little insight into the decisionmaking behind these guidelines. {time} 1730 Mr. Speaker, the bottom line of this legislation is this: H.R. 1159 would reauthorize the bipartisan Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020, strengthen its reporting requirements, and require greater transparency from the State Department. It would ensure the United States is approaching its relationship with Taiwan in a manner that strengthens our relationships with democratic partners who are under threat by aggressive dictatorships, and it would ask the administration to identify opportunities to lift remaining self-imposed restrictions on engagement. Mr. Speaker, I urge each of my colleagues to support this important bipartisan bill. I thank the ranking member, Mr. Meeks, and I thank the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Connolly) for joining me in supporting this unanimously out of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from Missouri (Mrs. Wagner) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 1159. The question was taken. The SPEAKER pro tempore.…”