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House Committee approves sending resolution designating April 30 as Vietnamese American Remembrance Day to the floor
Summary
The House Committee on Rules on April 14 advanced House Concurrent Resolution 34 — which designates April 30, 2025, as Vietnamese American Remembrance Day — to the floor with a "B adopted" recommendation after a public hearing featuring Vietnamese American lawmakers, scholars and community members.
Chair Bowman opened a public hearing and work session on House Concurrent Resolution 34 on April 14, saying the measure designates April 30, 2025, as Vietnamese American Remembrance Day and would mark the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon.
Representative Daniel Nguyen, state representative for House District 38, testified in support of HCR 34, describing the measure as “deeply personal” and urging the committee to back it. “I respectfully urge you, the committee, to support this resolution,” Nguyen said, describing his family’s refugee experience after April 30, 1975.
The resolution drew testimony from several…
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