Political Quotes

“Let me address, if I could, Mr. President, the amendment that the Senator from North Carolina has proposed and, at the very outset, urge that all of our colleagues read this amendment very, very carefully. This is an amendment that does not deal with the present situation in Cuba. There is nothing that I know of in this amendment, with the possible exception of changing the frequency of TV Marti to ultra-high frequency to deal with the present situation. The amendment is geared to deal with the post-Castro situation in Cuba. For that reason, knowing full well how a strong majority of my colleagues feel about boycotts and embargoes and so forth on the present regime, I strongly urge them to look at the amendment because it does not deal with primarily what exists now, but rather what comes afterward. My concern is that this could have a very, very negative impact on our ability to deal in the post-Castro period, whenever that comes, hopefully sooner rather than later.”