Dear Member of Congress:

As your constituent, I am very concerned about the serious continuing danger to the health of U.S. veterans, Vietnamese people and their children and grandchildren resulting from the use of Agent Orange during the U.S. war in Vietnam.

Agent Orange was sprayed over south Vietnam causing more than 3 million Vietnamese and many thousands of U.S. veterans to suffer terminal illnesses and disabilities. They, their children and grandchildren suffer from cancers, immune deficiencies, reproductive illnesses and severe birth defects. People continue to be sickened by exposure to dioxin that remains in the soil in those areas of Vietnam heavily contaminated by the spraying and dumping of Agent Orange.

Because I believe that our country has a responsibility to heal the wounds of war and because Vietnamese people, Vietnamese Americans and the children and grandchildren of U.S. veterans and have yet to receive meaningful help from the U.S. government, I ask that you support the Agent Orange Relief Act of 2011 to:

• Fund significant assistance to Vietnamese Agent Orange victims;
• Clean up the lands and eco-systems contaminated by Agent Orange/dioxin in Vietnam;
• Provide additional assistance for US veterans and health care for their offspring affected by Agent Orange; and
• Address the health needs of affected Vietnamese-Americans.

Sincerely,