Political Quotes

“I commend my colleagues, the gentlewoman from Florida [Mrs. Meek] and the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Hastings], for their leadership. It is because of their firm belief in fairness that my other colleague, the gentleman from Miami, FL [Mr. Diaz-Balart], and I are going to join with them in working with our Florida Senators, Connie Mack and Bob Graham, to get fair treatment for the Haitians. In January when we come back to debate the new bills, we will continue working with our south Florida colleagues and our Florida Senators to see that the Guantanamo Haitians get the fair treatment that they deserve. I visited the Guantanamo base in Cuba while the Haitians were there, I know of their plight. It was a great honor for me when I first came to Congress to represent the community of little Haiti.”