WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Ted Cruz issued the following press release:
U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), John Curtis (R-Utah), and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) introduced the Blue Skies for Taiwan Act of 2026. The legislation expands Taiwan's ability to develop drone system components that do not rely on technology or supply chains potentially compromised by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), amid increasing CCP pressure on Taiwan and expanded control over the global UAS supply chain. This bipartisan legislation deepens U.S.-Taiwan cooperation on unmanned aerial systems (UAS) development.
Sen. Cruz said, "The Chinese Communist Party expend...