Any democracy activist, any person who is involved in promoting freedom and religious freedom in Vietnam, they are all considered at least by us here in the United States as people of great importance.
Cao emphasizes the significance of democracy activists in Vietnam despite government oppression.
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The passage of the Vietnam Human Rights Act through the House speaks very loudly of where we are as a government.
I urge the U.S. Congress to present the Vietnam Human Rights Act, to present the Vietnam Sanctions Act.
When you deprive people their rights to live in dignity, to hope for a better future, to have control over their lives--when you deprive them of that choice, then you expect them to fight for these rights.
And therefore I would ask the Congress to take actions now to back up our dialogue with action to show Vietnam that these are no longer empty words.
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