{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.slotkin.senate.gov/2025/10/10/slotkin-tillis-and-bipartisan-senators-reaffirm-support-for-taiwan-on-the-114-taiwan-national-day/", "Slotkin, Tillis, and Bipartisan Senators Reaffirm Support for Taiwan on the 114 Taiwan National Day", "2025-10-10", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "Senate", "MI", "Elissa Slotkin", "S001208", "www.slotkin.senate.gov", "slotkin", "https://www.slotkin.senate.gov/newsroom/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) led their colleagues in a show of strong bipartisan support for Taiwan on Taiwan\u2019s 114th National Day. The senators issued a joint letter celebrating Taiwan\u2019s national day and reaffirming America\u2019s long-standing commitment to Taiwan\u2019s democracy, security, and prosperity.\n\nThe letter emphasizes support for a US-Taiwan trade deal, supports high-level dialogue through the American Institute in Taiwan, and reiterated support for Taiwan\u2019s participation in the IMF and ICAO.\n\n\u201cTogether, we reaffirm the United States Congress\u2019 decades of bipartisan support for Taiwan. Taiwan is a thriving democracy, a vital trading partner, and a critical partner in upholding peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific. Especially today, as Taiwan faces steadily increasing Chinese aggression, we are more committed than ever to deepening our partnerships with Taiwan,\u201d wrote the senators.\n\nThe senators continued: \u201cWe support the accelerated completion of a U.S.-Taiwan trade deal. Taiwan is America\u2019s seventh largest trading partner and has demonstrated real commitment to expanding our economic ties. Taiwan has invested billions of dollars in the United States, supporting thousands of American jobs with new projects set to expand even further. We further welcomed Taiwan\u2019s recent pledges to buy $10 billion worth of American soybeans, corn, wheat, and beef; purchase 6 million tons of American LNG annually; and potentially invest $200 billion more in the U.S.\u201d\n\n\u201cCongress has spoken with bipartisan clarity and consistency on this matter for more than four decades: the United States will continue to support Taiwan\u2019s security, prosperity, and democratic way of life. This commitment remains bipartisan, enduring, and unwavering. Once again, we extend our heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to Taiwan and the Taiwanese American community on this joyous occasion of Double Ten Day,\u201dthe senators concluded.\n\nU.S. Senators Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Ted Budd (R-NC), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), James C. Justice (R-WV), Steve Daines (R-MT), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Andy Kim (D-NJ), John Cornyn (R-TX), James E. Risch (R-ID), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), John Curtis (R-UT), Tim Scott (R-SC), David McCormick (R-PA), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined Slotkin and Tillis in sending the letter.\n\nThe full text of the letter is available here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "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.slotkin.senate.gov/2025/10/10/slotkin-tillis-and-bipartisan-senators-reaffirm-support-for-taiwan-on-the-114-taiwan-national-day/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8595422841608524, "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"}