{"id":1960811,"date":"2023-06-29T18:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T22:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bipartisan-lawmakers-visit-taiwan-amid-heightened-china-threat\/"},"modified":"2023-06-29T18:40:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T22:40:55","slug":"bipartisan-lawmakers-visit-taiwan-amid-heightened-china-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bipartisan-lawmakers-visit-taiwan-amid-heightened-china-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipartisan lawmakers visit Taiwan amidst growing China threat."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbipartisan-lawmakers-visit-taiwan-amid-heightened-china-threat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1960811&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0629\/b92c4c0a-62ec-4c6a-abf8-5d500cec979e\/audio.mp3?length=3886029&#038;duration=324\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>House Armed Services Committee Members Return from Unannounced Conferencing in Guam, Taiwan, and the Philippines<\/h2>\n<p>Exciting news! Just days after proposing a $886 billion defense budget for Fiscal Year 2024, focused on countering China&#8217;s military threat in the Western Pacific, key members of the House Armed Services Committee are back in the United States. They completed a three-day unannounced conference with officials in Guam, Taiwan, and the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the bipartisan delegation of nine Congressional lawmakers was Committee chair Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.). They visited Guam on June 27, spent June 27-28 touring Taiwan, and then held conferences with their counterparts in the Philippines on June 29.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers&#8217; visit to Taiwan is particularly significant, as he is the first sitting chair of the House Armed Services Committee to visit the country since 1979. This visit comes at a time when there are calls in Congress, especially from the Senate, to boost funding for Taiwan&#8217;s defense. This could be included in the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (FY24 NDAA) or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bipartisan-lawmakers-visit-taiwan-amid-heightened-china-threat\/\" title=\"Bipartisan lawmakers visit Taiwan amidst growing China threat.\">supplementary defense package<\/a> to be introduced later this summer or fall.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3379008\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/06\/06\/ET-navy2-1200x777.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n        Capt. George Norman, the commanding officer of the blue crew of the guided-missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN 726), addresses his command as the gold crew pulls the ship into Apra Harbor, Guam. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jeffrey Jay Price)<br \/>\n    <\/figure>\n<p>The House and Senate armed services committees have already adopted their versions of the proposed FY24 NDAA. This sets the stage for floor adoptions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senates-886-billion-defense-budget-similar-to-house-plan-but-with-less-anti-woke-focus\/\" title=\"Senate's defense budget of 6 billion is similar to the House plan, but with less emphasis on 'anti-woke' matters.\">intra-chamber conferencing<\/a> throughout the summer, and hopeful adoption by late September before the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-approves-mail-in-ballots-for-2021-election\/\" title=\"California Approves Mail-In Ballots For 2021 Election\">fiscal year begins<\/a> on Oct. 1.<\/p>\n<p>Both chambers&#8217; draft defense budgets prioritize defending Taiwan and countering the Chinese regime&#8217;s &#8220;pacing challenge&#8221; in the Western Pacific, as defined by the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>Some key elements of the NDAA include a $9.1 billion Pacific Deterrence Initiative, a $500 million account for Taiwan to purchase American-made weapons and munitions, $108 million for defense articles and services to Taiwan, and regional force realignments to strengthen Guam, the U.S. territory located 3,000 miles east of China.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers&#8217; visit also coincides with efforts by the Biden administration and Chinese diplomats to stabilize the U.S.-China relationship. Despite their strategic competition, the two nations are also each other&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-united-states-and-china-trade-blows-at-alaska-talks-what-you-need-to-know\/\" title=\"The United States And China Trade Blows At Alaska Talks: What You Need To Know\">largest trading partners<\/a>, highlighting the complexities of their relationship.<\/p>\n<p>US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Beijing in June, pledging to sustain better engagement going forward. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen plans to visit China in July, and the new Chinese Ambassador to the United States, Xie Feng, has resumed routine communications with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman.<\/p>\n<h2>Three-Days of Unannounced Conferencing<\/h2>\n<p>During their stop in Guam on June 27, the delegation, which included territorial Del. James Moylan (R-Guam), met with Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero. In Taiwan on June 27-28, they had meetings with President Tsai Ing-wen and Foreign Minister Joseph Wu.<\/p>\n<p>In her welcoming remarks, President Ing-wen expressed gratitude for the delegation&#8217;s support for Taiwan-U.S. relations. She later tweeted a warm welcome to Rep. Mike Rogers, emphasizing Taiwan&#8217;s commitment to working with the United States to uphold peace and stability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only days after approving a $886 billion defense budget to counter China&#8217;s military threat, House Armed Services Committee members are back from unannounced conferences in Guam, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Committee chair Rep. 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