Press Release

Today, U.S. Representatives Ami Bera (D-CA-06) and Rob Wittman (R-VA-01) and U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Pete Ricketts (R-NE), co-chairs of the Congressional Quad Caucus, issued a bipartisan and bicameral statement on the Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Washington, D.C.:  

“We welcome Foreign Minister Iwaya of Japan, Foreign Minister Wong of Australia and External Affairs Minister Jaishankar of India to the United States for the Quad Foreign Minsters’ Meeting, the first multilateral meeting hosted by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Strengthening Quad cooperation is crucial to maintaining a rules-based international order and a free and open Indo-Pacific. We must continue to deepen multilateral cooperation to enhance our shared prosperity, create resilient supply chains and expand maritime security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.”