[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 30, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H1764]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF AGENT ORANGE

  (Ms. TLAIB asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Speaker, Agent Orange exposure continues to negatively 
impact the lives of our veterans, Vietnamese people, Vietnamese 
Americans, and their children.
  As we mark 50 years after the United States' withdrawal from Vietnam, 
it is time to meet our moral and legal obligations to heal the wounds 
inflicted by these atrocities. That is why I am proud to introduce the 
Victims of Agent Orange Act and the Agent Orange Relief Act, because we 
know that the devastating harms that our country committed in Vietnam 
did not end in 1975.
  The U.S. exposed millions of people in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos to 
deadly toxins like Agent Orange which to this day causes birth defects 
and deadly disease, as well as premature death, Mr. Speaker.
  For there to be any justice for the war crimes committed in Vietnam, 
the United States, our country, must devote itself to repair by 
cleaning these ongoing Agent Orange contamination sites, investing in 
medical care for those impacted, and removing unexploded ordnance. Our 
country must never again commit these acts of violence anywhere.

  I ask my colleagues to please support this legislative package to 
bring justice for those victims of Agent Orange.

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