Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is a former U.S. Representative who served Florida's 18th congressional district from 1989 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, she was the first Hispanic woman elected to the U.S. Congress. Throughout her tenure, Ros-Lehtinen was known for her strong advocacy on issues related to Cuba, human rights, and foreign policy. She played a significant role in promoting legislation aimed at supporting democracy and human rights in Cuba, often speaking out against the Castro regime.
How can Marlene Alejandre explain to her daughters why their grandfather who was killed by the Castro regime, his life meant nothing?
What is the point of negotiations, then, if we say we are negotiating, we have no illusions, let's see where this leads us?
As we know, the U.S. has been negotiating in secret with this sadistic dictatorship for now 20 months, because it is still secret.
For years, Iran used a secret facility at Fordow, built into the side of a mountain to advance their nuclear program.
Even if we are successful in delaying nuclear capability for Iran to a year or 2, will that be enough to assuage other countries in the region like the Saudis, the Emiratis, from seeking their own nuclear capability?
Tehran calculates that President Obama is more willing to blame Congress for the talks failing.
The first sanctions that the U.S. began imposing against Iran were terrorism related.
Thank you so much, Mr. Curbelo. You are a fresh young voice, and I thank you and Mr. Mooney for being here tonight. Mr. Speaker I am so pleased to yield to a gentleman who understands what freedom is all about. He was one of the speech…
Thank you so much, Mr. Mooney. We are a better Congress for you being a part of it. Thank you so much for being proud of your American heritage and your Cuban American ancestry as well. So, welcome to Congress, sir. Mr. Speaker, I am about…
Thank you so much, Mr. DeSantis. You are so right when you categorized this unilateral bad deal as an economic lifeline to the Castro regime. A person who understands that just as well as you do is our next speaker, the gentleman from…
Thank you very much. I am so thankful to my good friend from Mobile, Alabama, for his words, because he understands that American principles are not for sale. I would like to point out, Mr. Speaker, that every country with whom the Castro…
Mr. Bilirakis, I thank you for your clear and consistent message that restrictions should not be lifted against the Castro regime until those conditions are met. Our next speaker, Mr. Speaker, is the gentleman from Alabama, Congressman…
As you heard from Mr. Sires, he was born and reared in Cuba, but you don't have to be a Cuban American to understand the principles that are at stake here. One person who knows that is a wonderful congressman from our great State of…
I thank the gentleman from Ohio very much, and thank you for looking out for our U.S. national security, and thank you for trying to uphold the values of freedom throughout the world. Mr. Chabot brought up the fact that Mr. Kerry, speaking…
I am so humbled and pleased to see my colleagues who have turned out tonight at this late hour in a bipartisan manner to say that we reject the President's ill-advised treatment of the policy of rapprochement with the Cuban regime, and no…
The administration doesn't have a comprehensive policy to deal with all of the threats in Iraq and Syria and Iran, nor does it seem to want one.
Is it the administration's view that having a Shiite Iran, the world's foremost supporter of terrorism, in spite of our nuclear talks, invade Iraqi air space to attack Sunni ISIL--does the administration view this as a positive development?
The Secretary has stated quite clearly that the United States is not coordinating with Iran on Iraq and on the fight against ISIL.
For more than 3 years now, the administration has failed to address the Syria crisis head on.
We have gone from remaining silent when the Syrian opposition first spoke out against Assad in March 2011...
The United States Congress supports Jordan, we will continue to help ensure that Jordan remains stable.





