{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-at-center-for-american-progress-by-praising-xi-trump-is-leaving-american-consumers-and-our-indo-pacific-partners-behind", "Duckworth at Center for American Progress: \u201cBy Praising Xi, Trump is Leaving American Consumers and Our Indo-Pacific Partners Behind\u201d", "2026-09-22", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "Senate", "IL", "Tammy Duckworth", "D000622", "www.duckworth.senate.gov", "duckworth", "https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "[WASHINGTON, D.C.] \u2013 Just two days ahead of President Donald Trump\u2019s meeting with President of the People\u2019s Republic of China (PRC) Xi Jinping at the White House, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) outlined the stakes of this Trump-Xi summit and the impact it will have on our national security, our economy and our partners in the Indo-Pacific region. At the Center for American Progress (CAP), Duckworth shared her firsthand takeaways from her official trips this year to Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines and Singapore where top government, defense and economic leaders told her how Trump\u2019s reckless trade wars and defense policies are hurting them, leaving them feeling left behind as Trump embraces President Xi, who continues to engage in economic coercion and aggression. Full video of the event can be found on CAP\u2019s YouTube and photos from the event can be found on the Senator\u2019s website.\n\n\u201cPresident Trump is fundamentally unable to manage the United States\u2019 relationship with the People\u2019s Republic of China,\u201d said Senator Duckworth, a member of both the U.S. Senate Committees on Foreign Relations (SFRC) and Armed Services (SASC). \u201cA successful bilateral relationship doesn\u2019t look like chaotic tariffs, leaving American farmers devastated, throwing our allies under the bus to cozy up to dictators and creating more challenges for Americans. It looks like protecting Americans from economic coercion and instability, finalizing real commitments on AI, protecting human rights and maintaining our advantages in the areas that matter the most while building our national security\u2014not sacrificing all of these, which Trump continues to do.\u201d\n\nDuring the event, Duckworth underscored the importance of being a reliable partner to our friends in the Indo-Pacific who are facing PRC coercion, emphasizing the need to secure our supply chains and protect American consumers. She pointed to the President\u2019s reckless tariffs and illegal war as examples of how supply chain insecurity can impact our economy. The Senator also stressed that regional leaders have continued to innovate and drive forward the conversation on emerging issues, and it\u2019s critical for the U.S. to engage with our partners and strategize to address these problems jointly.\n\nDuckworth continues to be a proven leader when it comes to strengthening our relations with Indo-Pacific nations. She was the first U.S. Senator to visit Taiwan after the disastrous Trump-Xi summit where Donald Trump kowtowed to PRC President Xi and waffled on delivering a critical bipartisan arms package to Taiwan. Upon her arrival, Duckworth penned an op-ed underscoring that the United States\u2019 commitment to Taiwan is steadfast\u2014regardless of who is in the White House. The Senator also highlighted numerous ways she is working to strengthen their partnership and security in the Indo-Pacific region, including through her bipartisan Strategy for Crisis Management Act and South China Sea Strategy Act that both recently passed committee and now await a full Senate vote.\n\nThe Senator\u2019s Strategy for Crisis Management Act was one of several provisions she secured in this year\u2019s committee-passed NDAA to enhance our readiness and coordination with partners in the Indo-Pacific region. This provision would help deescalate consequential crises short of war in the South China Sea. Among Duckworth\u2019s other wins are provisions that would drive cooperation with Indo-Pacific allies and partners on asymmetric operations and improve medical preparedness and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.\n\nIn addition, Duckworth\u2019s Indo-Pacific Medical Readiness program\u2014a program she championed in the FY2025 NDAA and continues to implement through provisions in this year\u2019s NDAA\u2014will help ensure our nation\u2019s servicemembers as well as their families have access to quality patient care throughout the Indo-Pacific region, where they often must travel long distances to receive care.\n\n-30-", 1, "2026-09-23T09:45:16Z", "2026-09-23T09:46:14Z"]], "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.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-at-center-for-american-progress-by-praising-xi-trump-is-leaving-american-consumers-and-our-indo-pacific-partners-behind"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.3202989250421524, "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"}