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Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024

Floor Speech

Date: April 20, 2024
Location: Washington, DC

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Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the Indo- Pacific defense supplemental and all of the foreign aid bills we are voting on today.

I recently returned from a State Department-led trip to Japan where we discussed the security challenges the region is facing from the PRC.

Our partners in the Indo-Pacific are dealing with the daily threat of aggression from China. China is quite literally seeking to gobble up other countries, including the vibrant sovereign democracy of Taiwan, and China is working to gain leverage over countries through cheap infrastructure deals and digital authoritarianism.

The Indo-Pacific region has been calling on the United States to be reliable, present, and engaged. Just last week, the Japanese Prime Minister came to Congress to tell us that Japan and the region need the United States and that our partners will be by our side. All we need to do is show up.

With this bill, the United States is saying we need you, too, we will not cede our leadership, and we are here for good.

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