Joseph Cao: “Sadly, instead of improving its human rights records, the Government of Vietnam has increased its repression of…”

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.

The history of Vietnam and the history of Vietnamese-Americans is a history bathed in tears, a history of unbearable suffering but also a history with a proclamation Of hope.

We ask that this House and this administration will heed the voice of the oppressed around the world, particularly those of the people of Vietnam.

I urge the U.S. Congress to present the Vietnam Human Rights Act, to present the Vietnam Sanctions Act.