Roberta S. Jacobson: “I want to get specific here for a moment as to how you intend to evaluate Cuba's progress on human rights...”

You have seen a 21 percent increase in tax revenue because of fiscal reform and closing of the budget gap.

The reestablishment of diplomatic relations, including reopening our Embassy in Havana, will allow us to more effectively represent U.S. interests, including property claims, fugitives, human rights, and needed political reforms and…

But comprehensive changes in our economic relationship will require congressional action to lift the embargo, and the President has urged Congress to begin that effort.

As we move the process ahead, we hope we can also work together to find common ground toward our shared goal of enabling the Cuban people to freely determine their own future.