CURTIS, SHAHEEN, TILLIS, ROSEN URGE TAIWAN'S LEGISLATIVE YUAN TO STRENGTHEN TAIWAN'S DEFENSE AND ADVANCE SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. John Curtis issued the following press release:

U.S. Senators John Curtis (R-UT), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC); Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), SFRC Ranking Member; Thom Tillis (R-NC); and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) sent a letter to Taiwan's Legislative Yuan Speaker Han Kuo-yu and Deputy Speaker Chiang, as well as Legislative Yuan members Mr. Chen Kuan-ting, Mr. Niu Hsu-ting and Mr. Wang An-hsiang, urging them to approve a supplementary defense budget that would enable Taiwan to both procure critical American defense equipment and boost domestic production of innovative drones and missile defense systems. This follows the Senators' recent Congressional delegation (https://www.curtis.senate.gov/press-r...