06/22/2022
https://www.congress.gov...
"If our ultimate foreign policy goal is a world that is secure, stable, humane and safe, where the risk of war is minimal, then clearly supporting and advancing democracy should be a national security ..."
"These partnerships are a critical component of the resilience of these regimes."
"Most importantly, the democratic world must work together to help Ukrainians defeat Russian aggression, and to help the Taiwanese safeguard their democracy."
"A passive United States which is content to do business with dictators... is making the world safer for human rights violators and kleptocrats."