Political Quotes

“there was a demonstration out front the other day and up and down Connecticut Avenue. It was the Falun Gong trying to tell us about religious persecution in China. Yet we chase after China, we give them Most Favorite Nation status for trading purposes, and we forget about their human rights violations. Yet 90 miles off the shore of Miami, we have a small country that is trying to survive, and we keep our foot on the back of their necks simply because there are few people who cannot get over the fact that he overthrew Batista. Batista had literally given Cuba to the multinationals, who practically owned it, to the gangsters, and everybody else who wanted to go down to Cuba and do whatever they wanted to do. Well, we may not like the revolution, but we need to get over it. He has been trying to survive all of these years. It is time to do away with this policy. It does not make good sense. Let me just tell you, Canada is reaping $260 million in trade; China, $156 million; France, $216 million. It goes on and on and on. The Farm Bureau wants to open up trade opportunities.”