In a blistering statement forwarded to PrescotteNews and posted to his website, State Senator Mark Finchem (R-LD1) has denounced State Representative Quang Nguyen (R-LD1)—a naturalized Vietnamese immigrant who pronounces his name Kwong Nuwen—for killing Senate bills designed to reform Family Courts throughout the state. Rep. Nguyen chairs the Judiciary Committee. Reportedly, on March 19th, he unexpectedly and without explanation sided with Democrats to kill legislation Sen. Finchem and other members of the Joint Legislative Ad Hoc Committee On Family Court Orders crafted after public hearings and which had passed in the Republican majority State Senate. In an unusually frank and pointed statement, published here in full, Sen. Finchem describes the sense of frustration and betrayal felt by constituents who had pinned their hopes on Family Court reform.
PrescotteNews notes that Sen. Finchem is scheduled to appear at a Town Hall at 6:00 pm this evening, Thursday, March 26th, at Espire Sports, 3400 Gateway Blvd., in Prescott. He will update constituents on the progress of legislation important to LD1 voters and take questions from the floor. The event is free and open to the public.
The full text of Sen. Finchem’s statement follows:
I have received numerous calls and texts from heartbroken parents and even teenagers from all over the state since yesterday (3/19/2026) regarding the fact that all Family Court reform bills were killed by the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Quang Nguyen. I empathize with you.
Hundreds of constituents, mostly women, trapped in a broken and dysfunctional Family Court system that has extracted millions of dollars from them, helped craft reforms to the system with a broad-spectrum stakeholder group, including judges, lawyers, and even some honorable psychologists. Yesterday, they arrived at the Legislature expecting to hear the passage of the fruits of their labor. Their anticipation turned to complete outrage when they discovered they had been betrayed by the Judiciary Committee Chairman, Nguyen, who held all of the bills, effectively killing them by refusing to hear them.
Now, victims want answers about the work that I and the other members of the Joint Legislative Ad Hoc Committee on Family Court Orders (the “Committee”) put into crafting real solutions. The main question is: “What happened to all of the bills that passed out of the State Senate and were designed to ensure Family Court reform, particularly to counter the financial abuse imposed by the courts on divided families with children, and why did Nguyen side with Democrats, who voted en masse against the reform bills?”
For historical perspective: During the summer of 2025, the Committee held over 40 hours of public hearings to identify significant defects in the system. As a result, 13 bills in the Senate and House were drafted to reorient the court to serve the interests of children, not psychologists and lawyers.
The Committee met four times. Past hearings may be watched at the State Senate links by date below. The testimony is breathtaking and, at the same time, heartbreaking.
The Committee took testimony to reveal just how bad the situation is and to identify solutions already in place, as well as the best legislative repairs that can be made to the system.
Output from the Committee:
- SB1139 Fact Sheet
- SB1147 Fact Sheet
- SB1328 Fact Sheet
- SB1329 Fact Sheet
- SB1330 Fact Sheet
- SB1644 Fact Sheet
- SB1653 Fact Sheet
- SB1656 Fact Sheet
- SB1657 Fact Sheet
- SB1658 Fact Sheet
All of these bills were held by Chairman Nguyen without explanation, nothing but silence. The outrage from these victims was palpable when the signature bill that would have saved families from millions of dollars in court-imposed fees died a not-so-quiet death.
I cannot explain the reasoning behind why such an important topic was ignored by the House Judiciary Committee Chairman, or why he sided with Democrats to kill every single reform bill. I do not understand the motivation or logic behind the failure to act; that will be up to him to explain.
Hon. Mark Finchem
Arizona State Senator
2 thoughts on “Sen. Mark Finchem; “Families Deserve Answers”: Sen. Finchem denounces LD1 Rep Quang Nguyen For Betrayal Of Family Court Reform Bills – Anita Cohen, Editor”
Why is anyone surprised? As a group, Asians, including Vietnamese who are now the most affluent ethnic group in the United States, consistently vote Democrat by around 70%.
Just look at Hawaii and California, where they are most numerous, to see where they are taking us. High taxes and White Flight. No doubt there are some good Republicans among them—typically around 30% in elections.
But you don’t win an election with 30% of the vote. Too much immigration, both legal and illegal, is the most urgent issue facing traditional Americans.
Quang Nguyen’s alliance with Democrats and betrayal of his Republican colleagues should come as no surprise.
Big thanks to Sen. Finchem for exposing a RHINO in our midst. Many of us have long suspected that Nguyen is an infiltrator and a mole who pays lip service to conservative values but quietly works to undermine Trump and the America First agenda. I’ll bet he thought no one would notice he was killing Republican reform bills. This kind of stuff doesn’t usually make the news. Thank you Sen. Finchem for getting the word out about LD1’s false friend.
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