Political Quotes

“this past week we were once again reminded of the lengths that the Cuban people will resort to to sink freedom from the repressive regime. Eleven Cuban refugees were rescued by the excellent men and women of our United States Coast Guard after being spotted by an aircraft of the humanitarian group, Brothers to the Rescue. The refugees had spent 17 days in an isolated area of the Bahamas known as Dog Key. Dog Key, Mr. Speaker, is nothing but a rock, a big rock in the middle of the ocean. For 2 weeks the refugees had little to drink or to eat. They ate snails and birds to survive in the middle of the ocean. One of the refugees, Rolando Martinez Montoya, would break snail shells with his teeth so that his children who accompanied him on this horrible journey would be able to at least eat the inside of the snails. Unfortunately, Mr. Martinez' daughter, Camilla Martinez, only 4 years old, and his step daughter, only 13 years old, died at Dog Key last week. Twenty-six-year-old Leonin Ojeda Rivas also died after complaining of chest pains soon after trying to swim toward a passing ship in a desperate attempt to be rescued. Mr. Speaker, the tragic search of these Cuban refugees for freedom portrays the picture of desperation that the Cuban people feel under the Castro dictatorship. Unfortunately, the American people never learned of this story in the so-called mainstream media. It was not in the major newspapers, nor in the television networks. Why?…”