Vietnam
October 2nd, 2024
U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) released the following statements after their legislation to collectively award a group of Vietnam War veterans known as “Dustoff Crews” with the Congressional...
July 1st, 2022
On Monday, I asked the VA to hold an employee accountable for brutally beating and choking a 73-year-old Vietnam veteran at Fort McPherson VA Clinic in Atlanta, Georgia; the victim suffered numerous injuries and was...
September 13th, 2019
Yesterday on the floor, I discussed my outreach to Texas’ Vietnamese community, my recent visit to the Children’s Mid-Autumn Festival at the Cali Saigon Mall in Richardson, and my efforts to enhance human rights in Vietnam...
November 2nd, 2018
There are only two Northern White Rhinos left in the world. These two remarkable creatures live under constant armed security because poachers and terrorists are determined to kill them for their horns. Guarding these rhinos...
June 3rd, 2016
April 16, 1966. It was on this day 50 years ago, during my second tour in North Vietnam, that I took off on my 25th mission with the United States Air Force.
January 25th, 2016
I released the following statement after reintroducing S. 929, the Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act, which would impose sanctions and travel restrictions on Vietnamese nationals who are complicit in human rights abuses...
August 6th, 2015
A bill to rename a stretch of highway after a Medal of Honor recipient passed the Senate by Unanimous Consent and now heads to the president’s desk to be signed into law. The bill will rename part of I-10 in Kendall County...
July 7th, 2014
While watching the Megyn Kelly drilling of Bill Ayers, several thoughts popped into my mind. The first is how does a known terrorist and Marxist become an accepted part of the Chicago political establishment? Imagine the...
December 29th, 2012
Norman Schwarzkopf passed away Thursday, and in an era of celebrity, he was a true hero. The First Gulf War was broadcast live with almost every second brought into every American living room. The Gulf War made CNN a...
November 15th, 2022
Last night, Representative Ronny Jackson’s (TX-13) legislation to rename the U.S. Post Office in Canyon, Texas after Gary Fletcher passed the U.S. House of Representatives.
August 6th, 2021
Vietnam has demonstrated its strategic value in the Indo-Pacific region, and remains a welcome partner in security cooperation. However, the Vietnamese government continues to demonstrate a troubling record in human rights,...
May 10th, 2019
I introduced the Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act of 2019, legislation that would impose sanctions and travel restrictions on Vietnamese nationals complicit in human rights abuses.
July 19th, 2017
I introduced the Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act, legislation that would impose sanctions and travel restrictions on Vietnamese nationals who are complicit in human rights abuses against other Vietnamese.
May 4th, 2016
Yet, memories of that war, and what went wrong in our attempt to prevent a Communist takeover of South Vietnam, came flooding back to me as I read Geoffrey Shaw’s book.
August 14th, 2015
Pastor Duong Kim Khai Duong was detained or arrested thirteen times since the 1990s, usually for organizing prayer sessions. Most recently, he was arrested in August 2010 for his efforts to advocate for religious freedom and...
August 27th, 2014
Sixty years ago Saturday, the first C-130 “Hercules” took off in Burbank, California. Since 1954, Lockheed Martin has created more than 2500 of the planes, and more than half of those are still in operation.The “Hercules”...
June 27th, 2014
For many decades, The United States has been by far the most assertive and powerful force for freedom and against oppression on planet earth. That requires a cultural ethic of decency and a dynamic free economy that can...