Support our allies and friends especially in the Asia-Pacific
I will support allies and friends, especially in the Asia-Pacific.
Occurrences
Evidence
Case said he secured "key programs and provisions for Hawai‘i and the Indo-Pacific," including $116 million to support the Coast Guard’s expanding mission in the Indo-Pacific, report language supporting the growth of CISA support in the Pacific Islands, and language requiring a briefing on the Coast Guard’s role in combatting illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the Indo-Pacific.
During consideration of the FY 2027 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill, Case said he opposed an amendment to eliminate the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund and urged colleagues to oppose any similar effort in the future, arguing the United States should not abandon Filipino veterans who fought for the U.S. and its allies in the Pacific.
Case said he rises "to express my steadfast support for the Peace Corps" and described it as "American people-to-people diplomacy" with enduring legacy "across Oceania" and in the "Indo-Pacific."
Case wrote that one area where he works with the current administration and many congressional colleagues on a nonpartisan basis is "strengthening our national defense in the Indo-Pacific," and he highlighted $22 million for the East-West Center in Honolulu as central to Hawaii’s leading role in the Pacific.
Case asked President Trump to extend a Jones Act waiver, citing continued global shipping disruptions, constrained fuel supply chains, and "implications for U.S. military readiness in the Indo-Pacific."
Assessments
Case promised broadly to support allies and friends, especially in the Asia-Pacific. In the same federal term, he materially advanced and publicly supported multiple Indo-Pacific-related measures: securing House-passed funding and report language for Coast Guard Indo-Pacific missions, Pacific Islands cybersecurity support, and illegal fishing enforcement; defending Filipino veterans tied to U.S. Pacific alliances; supporting Peace Corps people-to-people diplomacy across Oceania and the Indo-Pacific; and advocating logistics measures tied to U.S. military readiness in the region. Because the promise was broad and support-oriented rather than tied to one discrete enactment, these official actions are sufficient to count as delivered in the same term.