The delegation, led by Mike Gallagher and Raja Krishnamoorthi was expected to be in Taiwan for three days as part of a larger visit to the Indo-Pacific region.
U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in California on Wednesday, becoming the most senior U.S. figure to meet a Taiwanese leader on U.S. soil since 1979 despite threats of retaliation from China, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as its own. China staged war games around Taiwan last August following the visit to Taipei of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy welcomed Taiwan's president in California on Wednesday, in a meeting she said reassured the island's people they were "not isolated" in the face of rising Chinese anger. Tsai's visit to California is technically a stop-over after a trip to Latin America to see two of Taiwan's dwindling band of official diplomatic allies.
Nancy Pelosi’s visit in August, the first by a sitting house speaker in 25 years, prompted an unprecedented show of force by the People’s Liberation Army, which fired missiles over Taiwan
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan and met Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in August in defiance of Chinese warnings for the trip not to take place.