Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss two foreign policy areas that are important to our Nation, our region, and to my constituency in south Florida. Cuba and Venezuela are two countries in our hemisphere that suffer under dictatorships and are avowed enemies of the United States. In my native homeland of Cuba, we have seen human rights violations on the rise ever since the U.S. concessions to the Castro regime in December 2014. One example is the case of Dr. Eduardo Cardet of Holguin, Cuba, pictured here. He is a medical doctor and the leader of the Christian Liberation Movement who was savagely beaten in front of his wife and two children and has been imprisoned since November 2016. Just days ago he was sentenced to 3 years in prison. Dr. Cardet is condemned and sentenced because he is the voice for change and a respected human rights leader. The truth is that Eduardo Cardet has been imprisoned because he is willing--and has been doing it--to tell anyone who would listen that the Cuban people do not approve of the Castro regime. For not supporting this vile Castro dictatorship and for speaking out against such cruelty and abuses, he was sentenced to 3 years. Mr. Speaker, we cannot stand idly by as more and more prodemocracy leaders are being beaten and arrested on the island. The President and his new administration have committed to reversing some of the damage inflicted by the previous administration on the cause of freedom and democracy in Cuba.…”