[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 83 (Friday, May 15, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H3541]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                         COMMITMENTS TO TAIWAN

  (Mr. STANTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STANTON. Mr. Speaker, 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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