Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu of the Kuomintang led a group of Taiwanese lawmakers to meet with members of the U.S. Congress where they discussed closer U.S.-Taiwan ties and Taipei's slashed defense budget.
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00:00On his third day in Washington, D.C., legislative speaker Han Kuo-yu met with 18 members of U.S. Congress.
00:07Han said that he spoke to the lawmakers about a double taxation bill that would grant tax relief to Taiwanese people living in the U.S.
00:15That bill is still being held up in the Senate.
00:31At a time when Taiwan's legislature is cutting the national budget, U.S. policymakers are calling for Taiwan to increase its defense spending.
00:44Democratic Progressive Party lawmaker Wang Dingyu, who sits on Taiwan's Legislative Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, said that there was a healthy exchange of ideas in that realm.
01:01On Tuesday evening, Han sat down to a banquet at Taiwan's reception estate in Washington, D.C., Twin Oaks.
01:08He'll meet with a few think tanks on Wednesday before heading back to Taiwan.
01:13Leon Lien, Laurel Stewart, and Leslie Liao in Washington, D.C., for Taiwan Plus.
01:30For more information visit www.fema.gov