I am concerned, however, to know that Court officials and representatives of the National Law Enforcement Museum Fund have been unable to reach an agreement on the design of their shared space in Judiciary Square.

We see this Memorial and that tribute to law enforcement as something we want to see.

Thank you.

if you're going to continue this relationship and particularly focus on the economic issue, you will find the Congress, if Vietnam doesn't address these issues, you'll find the Congress finding ways to try to impact this on the issues of…

Why--why is this happening now? Why would they take this step backward at this point in time?

I'm delighted to have you all here today.

I apologize for starting the hearing 25 minutes late.

We've got a high refugee number, and we're nowhere near filling it.

Do we need to pass any additional laws or rules here from the Senate or the House to express this to the Vietnamese Government or to the U.S. administration?

This is not a terrorist population that a lot of people are reviewing.

we need to get the systemic changes where they allow people to open up churches

Well, I appreciate yours, because you're representing millions, billions of people around the world just yearning to think freely.

Good. Gentlemen, thank you very much. I appreciate you coming up, and I appreciate your work on a vital relationship.

Our goal is not to impose a designation or sanctions. Our goal is to see greater religious freedom

We will put that in the record if that is acceptable to you to put in the record and it won't hurt them further.

this will create a major impediment if it's not addressed, and I think it's pretty simple to address.

What if the track does not change that they're on? What if they continue to say, well, fine, I hear your suggestions, but no action response, or even you continue to get more and more closings, more and more restrictions?

the progress really does need--we need to see progress in these areas as well