“They are watching the supplemental requests for Ukraine like hawks and they view Ukraine prevailing against the criminal invasion by Russia as incredibly important in sending a message to the Chinese Communist Party,” Krishnamoorthi said.
The CODEL tried to ease those fears by assuring their Taiwanese hosts of the strong bipartisan congressional support for the island.
“The people in Taiwan should be confident that regardless of how fractious our election gets, America will stand firmly with Taiwan,” Gallagher said.
Those concerns reflect the knock-on effect of the impasse on Capitol Hill in supplying Ukraine the weaponry it needs to fend off Russian aggression.
That has spooked a Taiwanese leadership that is also heavily reliant on U.S. arms to deter repeated threats from Chinese leader Xi Jinping to use force to “reunify” with Taiwan.
Ukraine’s military has relied heavily on Starlink in its two-year campaign to fend off Russian forces.
And we’re hoping to have a dialogue with Elon Musk and SpaceX leadership” about that reported service denial, Gallagher said. »
