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John Moolenaar: “There was legislation that passed almost unanimously. There…”

Featuring: John Moolenaar, Republican | U.S. House Michigan, 2nd Congressional District

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Congressman John Moolenaar on deterring aggression against Taiwan

Published | Video Starts at 44:12

And if so, how have those deliberations run out? Yeah, it's complicated, as you know, because our economies are so intertwined. That's probably the biggest difference between the Cold War and the situation here. There was legislation that passed almost unanimously. There may have been two people who voted against the Protect Taiwan act. And it really focused on this idea of if China were to take this kind of an aggressive action, that basically all these international organizations would start to expel China … (44:12–44:20)

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Asserts that the Protect Taiwan Act passed with almost unanimous support, with possibly only two dissenting votes.

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