I strongly believe that these new policies will help. A growing number of Cuban entrepreneurs can connect with Americans and Cuban Americans and support the free market.

I would like to express my support for the extradition of Charlie Hill. Extradition of criminals, I think, is an important part of any normal relations between countries.

I think one of the things that is so important is opening Cuba up to travel, and there could not be better ambassadors than our citizens going down to Cuba and visiting about what we are all about in terms of democracy and human rights and…

Did the commission evaluate the feasibility for implementing the robust frequency of financial literacy training you've recommended within the current training schedule of military units?

I very much support this policy of normalization. I think we are turning the page on a failed policy that has been going on since the early 1960s.

The goal, as I think you said in your testimony, Madam Secretary, of the Cuban Government is to have Internet access for 50 percent of its population by 2020.

As Senator Rubio pointed out, they are now, at least rhetorically, trying to put conditions on that.

the Cuban Government fundamentally has to make decisions, and we obviously want to encourage in every way possible that information and access to the Internet be made easier, cheaper, available, and open for the Cuban people.

What I am still concerned by is: what financial cost can be anticipated for both the dependent and the military when these services are moved to commercial health plans for treatment outside of MTFs?

What plan will be in place to ensure that individuals who can ill afford a disruption in care will not be materially harmed by having to wait to enroll in a new health plan until after they PCS?

Commissioners, when considering a transition to a new choice of commercial health plans, did the commission take into account the complexity and potential disruption dependents may face each time a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) occurs?

For over 50 years, the United States has followed a failed policy in Cuba, a policy that has done nothing to lift up the lives of ordinary Cubans.

I believe President Obama, with his actions in December, has taken the courageous step toward true change here by opening up the island to Americans.

It now depends on them, on their willingness to unleash this stuff, and they may not be willing to do that.

I would ask specifically, with regard to these interactions and entrepreneurship down there...

The important point here is we are trying to empower the Cuban people.

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Using our military as a means to end our budgetary issues here in Washington is flat-out wrong.