WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:
Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley-a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee-applauded committee passage of his bipartisan Blue Skies for Taiwan Act (https://www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-cruz-kim-curtis-launch-bipartisan-effort-to-expand-taiwans-drone-production-support-u-s-national-security/). Merkley's bill expands cooperation between the United States and Taiwan on the development of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in the face of the People's Republic of China (PRC)'s increasing pressure on Taiwan and the PRC's dominance in the UAS supply chain.
"The United States cannot stand on the sidelines while Beijing escalates its pressure campaig...