DAVID RIVERA: “This report is outrageous, that we would be negotiating with a terrorist regime to release an American hostage”

But let me be clear, Mr. Chairman, in the final analysis my legislation is about protecting the rule of law here in the United States.

My legislation simply says that any Cuban national who receives political asylum and residency under the Cuban Adjustment Act and travels to Cuba while still a resident will have their residency status revoked.

Well, of course that contact did not begin with this administration. We have always had travel, family unification and other types of licensed travel to Cuba, and it hasn't resulted in any democratic reforms.

I urge all of my colleagues to work with me to ensure the passage of the Judgment Evading Foreign States Accountability Act.