Mauricio Claver-Carone: “I am not against taking money from Castro. To the contrary, sell him as much as you can. Take his cash.”

But I think that brings to an important point is the reason we have these travel-related, tourism-related transactions in Cuba is because it's the Cuban military and security services' number one source of income.

Essentially 80 percent of the economy right now is being put in the hands of the Cuban military.

It's really a privilege to be here and join you today to discuss these important and consequential issues surrounding U.S. trade policy toward Cuba.

I, for one, have no problem with taking cash away from the Castro regime, and that's not a point of contention in this hearing in any way.