{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.sullivan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/icymi-sullivan-presses-for-greater-taiwan-military-aid-in-supplemental-preemptive-sanctions-to-deter-a-ccp-invasion", "ICYMI: Sullivan Presses for Greater Taiwan Military Aid in Supplemental, Preemptive Sanctions to Deter a CCP Invasion", "2023-12-04", "2023", "2023-12", "Republican", "Senate", "AK", "Dan Sullivan", "S001198", "www.sullivan.senate.gov", "sullivan", "https://www.sullivan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases?PageNum_rs=17", "scraper", "WASHINGTON\u2014In a letter to the editor published on Sunday in the Wall Street Journal, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) argues that a policy of deterring a Chinese military invasion of Taiwan should consist of three layers: first, bolstering Taiwan\u2019s defense capability; second, bolstering America\u2019s capability to defend Taiwan; and third, leveraging America\u2019s economic and energy strengths to dramatically raise the potential costs of a conflict for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Sullivan says the White House\u2019s recent national security supplemental budget request fails to adequately arm and equip Taiwan, and will need to be significantly increased by the Congress.\n\nRegarding the third layer of deterrence, Sen. Sullivan has introduced theSTAND with Taiwan Act, legislation to establish a suite of debilitating economic, financial and energy sanctions on the CCP that would take effect if China militarily invades Taiwan. Sullivan points to the Ukraine war as evidence that sanctions have the best chance of deterring a war if they are ready and clearly articulated before a conflict breaks out.\n\n* * * * *\n\nLETTER: Sen. Dan Sullivan on How to Deter a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan\n\nIt requires a three-layered approach.\n\nBy: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan\n\nDecember 3, 2023\n\nFor the past three months I\u2019ve been pressing my colleagues to significantly strengthen the weapons systems provided to Taiwan so it can prevail in a conflict in the Taiwan Strait (\u201cHow Joe Biden Can Deter China,\u201d Review & Outlook, Nov. 18).\n\nThe national security supplemental request that the White House sent to Congress in October fails to do this. Out of $106 billion, there is a mere $5.4 billion to deal with the aggressive Chinese Communist Party, which is undertaking the largest peacetime military buildup in history with a clear goal of conquering Taiwan.\n\nPresident Biden\u2019s anemic request was almost certainly the result of doves in the administration not wanting to spoil the mood music during President Xi Jinping\u2019s recent visit.\n\nYour editorial succinctly lays out critical immediate needs to bolster deterrence in the Taiwan Strait. But equipping Taiwan with the arms it needs to defend itself is only one layer of a three-layered approach to deter a military conflict over Taiwan.\n\nThe second layer involves America\u2019s own capability to defend Taiwan militarily should the president decide to do so. This layer has proven decisive in keeping the Taiwanese people free over the decades. Unfortunately, Mr. Biden\u2019s budgets have eroded this important element of deterrence.\n\n[Click here to read the full letter]\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:56:20Z"]], "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.sullivan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/icymi-sullivan-presses-for-greater-taiwan-military-aid-in-supplemental-preemptive-sanctions-to-deter-a-ccp-invasion"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6995160840451717, "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"}