Jeff Flake: “let me point out again, this is another thing that the other side doesn't want you to hear. That is why I was just…”

“let me point out again, this is another thing that the other side doesn't want you to hear. That is why I was just interrupted. {time} 1100 The only way we can allow Sergeant Lazo to see his family is to vote for the Davis amendment, which will allow him and other Cuban American families to go see their families better than once every 3 years. I think Sergeant Lazo says it best. He says, Cubans pray every day that their parents die 3 years apart if their parents are in Cuba, so they are able to go see them. Who are we? Who are we as Americans to tell other Americans that they should only be able to go and see their family, their mother, their father, or their kids in this case once every 3 years? What kind of policy is that? Again, I am not able to offer this amendment. It is going to be ruled out of order. So the only way we can allow Sergeant Lazo or other Cuban Americans or others to see their families more than once every 3 years is to vote for the Davis amendment that will be offered shortly. Again, Cuban Americans are only allowed once every 3 years. If they have a mother in Cuba and she dies and they decide to attend her funeral, if their father's dies 2 years later, they cannot go to his under this policy unless we vote for the Davis amendment. I ask my colleagues to please look at their hearts here, see if this is what they want to do as an American to deny another American the right to see their family in Cuba.…”