I am proud to tell you that I know what well water tastes like, I know what, 'gee' and 'haw' sound like, and I know what chitlins taste like.

I thank Mr. Murphy for bringing us together tonight. I am here tonight not just because I am a Member of Congress from the 26th Congressional District, but I am also a doc. I practiced for 25 years back home. I am a Medicare patient. I…

The question is how does that happen. Does it happen with the same isolationist arm's length policy that we have pursued for the last 60 years that has made Cuba weaker, poorer, that has thrown it into the arms of Russia and China? Or does…

It would still represent a kind of transformation to a market-based economy, at least more than what you've seen right now.

this move to not allow one of our colleagues in the U.S. Congress who's been elected by the people she represents to sit and participate on a panel like this is, I think, unprecedented.

We should be supporting these entrepreneurial efforts, not stifling them.

you're suppressing somebody from even sitting here and participating in the same way that the Cuban government has suppressed opinion and perspective for decades.

This is the creation of a market-based economy, the beginnings of it at least?

I believe that the best way to achieve these goals is through a renewed approach to our engagement with the island, an approach that recognizes that our policies over the last 60 years have not resulted in the changes we would like to see.

I stand with the Cuban people in their fight for a government and society that protects human rights, advances democracy, and promotes economic development.

We must remove Cuba from the SSOT and end this baseless, extremely harmful designation.

The embargo on Cuba has not only failed to advance U.S. interests but has had devastating humanitarian effects.

I want to say I support the proposed reforms and I hope that they ultimately get implemented.

The First Step Act has been quite a success.

The First Step Act was just the beginning of our efforts to reform the system.

The First Step Act was just the beginning of our efforts to reform the system.

The First Step Act has been quite a success.

It passed a Republican-led Senate, 87 to 12. It passed a Republican-led House, 358 to 36.