DAVID RIVERA: “But let me be clear, Mr. Chairman, in the final analysis my legislation is about protecting the rule of law here in the…”

I could not disagree more, which is why I recently introduced H.R. 3783, the Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act.

Can you cite any progress in democratic reforms on the island that have resulted from that policy?

And my goal is to keep introducing the strongest possible sanctions bills against Iran until that government changes its policies.

We need to confirm that pronto, because if you look at that map that I pointed to earlier, and you look at that Gulf loop current, if something happens, that oil is coming right here to these beaches that you see right here.