I wish I could staple them to every town hall meeting that I attended just so that you can shatter the fear and the ignorance of people not having the slightest idea as to where our country is going with trade.

Because their testimony was so important, I wonder whether any of you have any suggestions to how this panel could be more effective in getting this message out to our country.

Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted: On rollcall No. 409, ``nay.'' ____________________

I think we need a new approach.

I want the best for Cuba. I just think we have different ways from my experience.

You want something for Cuba, give me something in return. Stop the abuses.

Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 74, line 25, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''. Page 76, line…

my biggest complaint is that we have given away pressure points where we could have drawn concessions from the Cuban Government.

Mr. Speaker, today marks 1 month since the horrific attack on Pulse nightclub that took 49 lives. Many of us have come here to this floor raising our voices to demand that this House take action to prevent the loss of life from guns in…

Mr. Speaker, On Tuesday, July 12, I unfortunately missed a rollcall vote on a motion to adjourn. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no'' on Rep. Grayson's motion to adjourn (Rollcall No. 404). ____________________

Madam Chair, my amendment would increase funding by $10 million to match the President's budget request for the State and Tribal Assistance Grants to clean up and revitalize brownfields. Too many cities and towns across America with proud…

It's a small group of people that are benefitting from the tourists, but it's not the island or the workforce of the island.

Madam Chair, again, with all due respect, I think, as my colleague has noted, these dollars make an enormous impact, and I would respectfully request and urge my colleagues to support the Esty amendment. Madam Chair, I yield back the…

We need to see more concrete measures in terms of human rights, political freedoms, and the release of all political prisoners.

I urge the administration to finally make human rights in Cuba a top priority.

We need to do more to bring attention to the plight of the Cuban people and implore our neighbors to stand up to the Castro regime.

I came here when I was 11 years old, 1962, and I have been dealing with the Cuban community where I live ever since.

quite frankly, a lot of that force, a lot of those people were there before the engagement.