CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA- On Thursday, August 10, Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party arrived in Australia alongside Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) and Rep. Neal Dunn (R-FL). As CCP aggression in the region mounts, the members will participate in the Australian American Leadership Dialogue (AALD) and hold meetings with Australian government officials.
Chairman Gallagher will deliver a keynote address at the dialogue, commemorating the United States and Australia’s rich history united by freedom, security imperatives, economic interests, and common values.
Before embarking on the cross-continental trip, Chairman Gallagher said, “In the face of the Chinese Communist Party’s increasing aggression in the Indo-Pacific, it’s time to turbocharge AUKUS. We are already well within the window of maximum danger when it comes to the CCP threat to Taiwan, which means we don’t have time to sit back on our laurels and wait 10 years to deliver new capabilities. We need deterrence now.”
