DUCKWORTH-CURTIS BIPARTISAN BILL TO STRENGTHEN COORDINATION WITH INDO-PACIFIC PARTNERS PASSES COMMITTEE

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:

Bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and John Curtis (R-UT) to improve coordination between the United States and our partners in the Indo-Pacific successfully passed the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) today. With the threat of increasing aggression from the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the Indo-Pacific, the Senators' bipartisan South China Sea Strategy Act would ensure the State Department prioritizes diplomatic engagement to help our partners manage tensions involving the PRC to prevent them from escalating into full-blown crises that require military action. The SFRC will next favorably report the bipartis...