Chris Dodd: “I would also like to call to the attention of my colleagues some very specific recommendations Cardinal Law has made to…”

“I would also like to call to the attention of my colleagues some very specific recommendations Cardinal Law has made to President Clinton and the administration, recommendations which the President has the authority, without any acts of Congress, to undertake. And I recite them very briefly to you here: Restore direct flights to Cuba; ease restrictions on remittances and travel; suspend implementation of title III indefinitely; and utilize current executive authority to grant general licenses to permit the sale of food and medicines. I say ``title III.'' That is of the Helms-Burton legislation. Mr. President, I strongly support these recommendations and hope that the President will immediately act on them.”