I introduced the Taiwan Tax Agreement Act with Senators Risch, Van Hollen, and Romney to provide the President with the authority to negotiate.

Those are the two preconditions that if all else is not working, we have to make sure that those things work because those will be the foundation upon which a political resolution will have to be built.

The bill demonstrates the deep respect the United States shows Taiwan, approaching it like some of our closest partners.

I just feel the imbalance is so significant and it is going to get worse and worse and worse until we decide that we ought to prioritize our own neighborhood and make investments.

I want you to focus on those things, but, look, if China's offer is, we are not demanding any reform, here is some money, here is an investment and our offer is, yes, once we help you improve all these aspects of yourself, then we are open…

We had 2 and a half years to try to show this erstwhile ally that wanted to lean toward the United States that there was some value in leaning that way, and we really did nothing.

Virginia is a state that has very significant climate challenges.

I'm a big admirer of what you've done, and we're making a lot of resiliency investments.

Virginia is a state that has very significant climate challenges.

I just struggle to see what this Administration is doing in Latin America that has any heft to it.

I want you to focus on those things, but, look, if China's offer is, we are not demanding any reform, here is some money, here is an investment and our offer is, yes, once we help you improve all these aspects of yourself, then we are open…

I just feel the imbalance is so significant and it is going to get worse and worse and worse until we decide that we ought to prioritize our own neighborhood and make investments.

They said, just add us into the Columbia trade deal.

The bill demonstrates the deep respect the United States shows Taiwan, approaching it like some of our closest partners.

I've got two worries about our commitment to infrastructure.

Virginia is a state that has very significant climate challenges.

I'm a big admirer of what you've done.

Virginia is really finally embracing kind of clean energy with offshore wind.

Values are not enough. We have got to put some money on the table.

I introduced the Taiwan Tax Agreement Act with Senators Risch, Van Hollen, and Romney to provide the President with the authority to negotiate and conclude an avoidance of double taxation agreement with Taipei.

We had 2 and a half years to try to show this erstwhile ally that wanted to lean toward the United States that there was some value in leaning that way, and we really did nothing.

I want you to focus on those things, but, look, if China's offer is, we are not demanding any reform, here is some money, here is an investment and our offer is, yes, once we help you improve all these aspects of yourself, then we are open…

I just struggle to see what this Administration is doing in Latin America that has any heft to it.

I have a hard time understanding why this Indo-Pacific partnership has moved out a lot faster than APEP has.

I ask unanimous consent that there be 6 minutes equally divided prior to a vote on the amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.