prioritize the interests of American citizens and businesses that have suffered at the hands of the Castro regime before moving ahead with additional economic and political concessions.

The administration has not provided details about how it will hold the Castro regime to account for the more than $6 billion in outstanding claims by American citizens and businesses for properties confiscated by the Castros.

the difficulties that the Cuban people face is a result of a command and control economy and political repression inside of Cuba

And so, therefore, when we think about sanctioning any entity in the world, we sanction that which ultimately drives the greatest resources to a country to move them in a different direction.

It is regretful, the way the time has gone, that so many of our colleagues cannot be here because this is the part of Cuba that members need to hear because there is this romanticism but not the harsh reality of heroic individuals like…

I find it interesting that with $450 billion in tax avoidance and fraud occurring every year, some colleagues have focused solely on poor children and families.

The Cuban Government does not have much credibility. People do not pay much attention to what they say.

And the purpose of your peaceful march is to protest the arrests of your sons or husbands who have been arrested simply because of their political views or statements or activities.

I have deep concerns that the more these talks progress, the more the administration continues to entertain unilateral concessions without in return getting agreement on fundamental issues that are in our national interests and those of…

I am concerned that the President announced that the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations would be granted access in Cuba. Yet, we know from the State Department briefings that they will be allowed to travel to…

I hope my colleagues who are so passionate... about democracy and human rights... are almost silent when it comes to Cuba.

I have a great deal of respect for all of you because it is easier to talk about democracy and human rights outside of a country that represses it.

We will not open an embassy unless we believe that the security outside the embassy is appropriate to protect our installation.

So let us not deny that the Cuban Government is greatly enriched by all these resources, which is why it has been its number one foreign policy objective.

We can put any condition we want as a condition of sale.

Do you want the committee to believe the Cuban Government has never sponsored any act of terrorism over the last half century?

I think the Nation needs to know under what conditions we are going to have or not have relationships.

We have gotten nothing in return, but the Cubans have gotten plenty in return.