DUCKWORTH, CURTIS, KAINE LEAD BIPARTISAN SENATE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF TAIWAN'S FIRST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:

U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), John Curtis (R-UT) and Tim Kaine (D-VA)-all members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC)-today led a bipartisan group of Senators in commemorating the 30th anniversary of Taiwan's first presidential elections, while recommitting support for U.S. policy toward Taiwan as established by the Taiwan Relations Act and the Six Assurances.

"For thirty years, democracy has helped our close friend Taiwan flourish-and it's critical we send a strong, bipartisan message that we're here with them for the long haul," said Duckworth. "As Taiwan works to strengthen their own democracy in the face of escalating threats from the...