Rep. Mann Criticizes President Biden's Foreign Policy, Offers President Trump's Solutions

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) took to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to urge President Biden to defend America's leadership on the world stage in his final days in the White House and to offer proven global solutions. Rep. Mann’s speech comes after leading 17 of his colleagues in demanding President Biden to reject a proposal before the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization which would strengthen China's position and weaken American leadership on the world stage.

Below are Rep. Mann's remarks as prepared for the House Floor:

Mr. Speaker, for four years, the Biden Administration’s weak foreign policy has allowed Communist China, Russia, Iran, and other adversaries to take full advantage of America. This weakness has put Americans in danger, made America less secure, and hurt America’s reputation with our long-standing allies and friends. 

When President Biden campaigned for President, he promised Americans that he would be a unifying figure. Rather than sticking to his word, he spent much of his tenure undoing President Trump’s policies – foreign and domestic – regardless of their effectiveness. That stubbornness and pure partisanship has backfired and made America less secure than it was just four years ago.

For example, President Biden orchestrated the largest botched withdrawal of American troops of our generation when he abandoned vulnerable Americans in Afghanistan and allowed the Taliban to regain control and diminish the freedoms our country worked so hard to preserve. When President Trump worked on a Doha agreement, he required the Taliban to curb terrorist activity in Afghanistan and the region. President Biden, on the other hand, never required the Taliban to agree to those same conditions, withdrew without a long-term strategy, and allowed terrorists to make themselves at home in Afghanistan once again.

President Biden’s weakness on the world stage continues to be on full display in the Middle East in his appeasement strategy with the Iranian regime. Iran is not America’s friend. We all know this, yet President Biden ignores Iran’s bad intentions and Iran’s possession of resources that pose a great threat to our allies like Israel.

While President Trump applied a maximum pressure strategy that constrained Tehran financially, President Biden was at the helm as Iranian-back militias attacked our troops more than 170 times without consequence. President Biden’s so-called strategy only emboldened Hamas and other Iranian-backed proxies to attack our ally, Israel, launching the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust.

Other adversaries are closely watching. China continues planning its invasion of Taiwan and increases its influence in America’s absence. Just this week, several of my colleagues joined me in expressing concerns to President Biden about Communist China’s growing influence at the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization. A recent proposal from the current FAO Director-General and former Chinese Vice Minister, would extend the Director-General’s tenure from eight years to a decade, increase his already $300,000 salary, and give Communist China more control over the U.S.-led World Food Programme. America cannot afford to sit by idly, even during our time of political transition, while China positions itself to expand its influence. 

I’ve been blessed to grow up in a world where the United States has led the free world. I want my children, their children, and future generations to grow up in a similar world, but I understand that leadership didn’t come from being passive or trying to tap dance around communism. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, one of Kansas’ favorite sons, military hero, and 34th President of the United States, dedicated his entire career to promoting freedom and waging peace. He helped shape the global U.S. leadership many of us know today. In his inaugural address, he said, “History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.” Unfortunately, the Biden Administration has chosen timidness and tip-toed approaches to foreign policy to placate far-left activists. 

Luckily, Mr. Speaker, this will soon be over. America, we got it right. President Trump is committed to securing American peace through strength and making it clear to our enemies that we will not tolerate any nonsense. 

It's a new day in America, and the days of American weakness are gone. I look forward to working with President Trump and the incoming House and Senate Republican majorities to restore America’s leadership and make the country safe again. Our brightest days are yet to come. 

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I yield back.

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