Today American citizens, businesses, and government agencies face what I think are very serious cyber threats.

Mr. President, let me thank Senator Shaheen for her leadership on the Homeland Security bill. She has taken that over this year and learned it, knows the ins and outs of it. She is someone who truly cares about being fiscally responsible…

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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…

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business. I know the managers will be here shortly, and when they arrive I will obviously yield the floor to them. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, today we are voting in the 11 o'clock series on the renewable electricity standard--a bill to promote 25 percent of our electricity to come by renewable sources by 2025. From what we have heard these past few weeks, we are…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Coats). Without objection, it is so ordered.

Madam President, this amendment creates a national market for renewable energy. A bill similar to this has passed the Senate three times and also passed the House once. These are the jobs of the future--renewable energy jobs. More than…