{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.curtis.senate.gov/press-releases/curtis-bennet-lead-bipartisan-letter-affirming-u-s-commitments-to-taiwan", "Curtis, Bennet Lead Bipartisan Letter Affirming U.S. Commitments to Taiwan", "2026-05-13", "2026", "2026-05", "Republican", "Senate", "UT", "John R. Curtis", "C001114", "www.curtis.senate.gov", "curtis", "https://www.curtis.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON\u2014Ahead of President Donald Trump\u2019s summit with China\u2019s President Xi Jinping, U.S. Senators John Curtis (R-UT), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Michael Bennet (D-CO), member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, led 10 colleagues on a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio affirming congressional support for the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) and asserting there should be no unilateral changes to this policy nor any new U.S. declaratory policy on Taiwan.\n\nIn addition to Curtis and Bennet, the letter was signed by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).\n\n\u201cFor nearly five decades, the TRA has been the cornerstone of U.S.-Taiwan ties, enabling a strong and mutually beneficial relationship. This bipartisan law requires the United States to provide Taiwan\u2014a critical economic and technological partner, and a thriving democracy\u2014defense articles and services necessary to maintain the island\u2019s self-defense capability. The TRA further states that the United States would consider any attempt to determine Taiwan\u2019s future by non-peaceful means to be \u2018a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific,\u2019 and of \u2018grave concern,\u2019\u201d wrote the senators.\n\n\u201cOur commitment to this legislation has long helped ensure peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait\u2014which is essential to U.S. interests there and across the Indo-Pacific. Maintaining this commitment is necessary to ensure the credibility of U.S. security commitments to allies and partners in the region and beyond,\u201d continued the senators.\n\n\u201cIn the spirit of longstanding bipartisan support for the U.S.-Taiwan relationship, we stand ready to work with your administration to further strengthen this partnership,\u201d concluded the senators.\n\nThe text of the letter is available here and below.\n\nDear Secretary Rubio,\n\nWe write to reaffirm congressional support for the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) and our firm belief that there should be no unilateral changes to this policy nor any new declaratory policy on Taiwan, consistent with longstanding U.S. commitments including the Six Assurances President Reagan articulated.\n\nFor nearly five decades, the TRA has been the cornerstone of U.S.-Taiwan ties, enabling a strong and mutually beneficial relationship. This bipartisan law requires the United States to provide Taiwan\u2014a critical economic and technological partner, and a thriving democracy\u2014defense articles and services necessary to maintain the island\u2019s self-defense capability. The TRA further states that the United States would consider any attempt to determine Taiwan\u2019s future by non-peaceful means to be \u201ca threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific,\u201d and of \u201cgrave concern.\u201d\n\nOur commitment to this legislation has long helped ensure peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait\u2014which is essential to U.S. interests there and across the Indo-Pacific. Maintaining this commitment is necessary to ensure the credibility of U.S. security commitments to allies and partners in the region and beyond.\n\nDuring your tenure in the U.S. Senate, you consistently demonstrated strong support for U.S.-Taiwan relations and for the TRA. In 2017, you joined a bipartisan letter to President Trump stating that the \u201cOne China policy, based on the [Taiwan Relations] Act, the Three Joint Communiques and the Six Assurances [\u2026] provides the basis for our enduring relationship with Taiwan.\u201d You further emphasized the \u201cbipartisan commitment that we must not waver in providing necessary support for Taiwan to defend itself in the face of China\u2019s ongoing military aggression and the cross-Strait military imbalance.\u201d\n\nThese principles remain true and necessary today. In the spirit of longstanding bipartisan support for the U.S.-Taiwan relationship, we stand ready to work with your administration to further strengthen this partnership.", 1, "2026-05-15T06:17:41Z", "2026-05-15T06:18:51Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.curtis.senate.gov/press-releases/curtis-bennet-lead-bipartisan-letter-affirming-u-s-commitments-to-taiwan"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.4419832043349743, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}