00:00U.S. lawmakers say they've seen Taiwan's military capabilities improve during recent visits to the country.
00:07And now they're doing wargaming about, well, we've got to make sure that we are resilient.
00:12They're doing resiliency exercises with the civilian population.
00:16At the point, they're saying, hey, give us things like rifles and flak vests and helmets
00:20so that they can start equipping these reserve battalions.
00:24Ricketts was speaking at a U.S. think tank event on Tuesday
00:28along with Democratic Senator Chris Coons,
00:31where they reaffirmed bipartisan support for Taiwan.
00:34They're among several lawmakers pushing the Taiwan Energy Security and Anti-Embargo Act.
00:38The act would expand U.S. natural gas exports to Taiwan
00:42and reduce its vulnerability to a potential Chinese energy blockade.
00:46It is one of four pro-Taiwan bills currently making its way through the U.S. Senate.
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