DAVID RIVERA: “I hope this administration will summarily reject the notion that democracy needs to be redefined somehow in order so…”

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.

In 1966, the United States of America granted Cuban nationals one of the most benevolent immigration provisions ever granted to nationals of any country on the planet, what became known as the Cuban Adjustment Act.

In sum, Mr. Chairman, it is imperative that Congress do everything in its power to enforce U.S. immigration law.

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.