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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.

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Feb 3, 2015

It was a false impression because you were never going to do that.

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Feb 3, 2015

How can Marlene Alejandre explain to her daughters why their grandfather who was killed by the Castro regime, his life meant nothing?

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Feb 3, 2015

What is the point of negotiations, then, if we say we are negotiating, we have no illusions, let's see where this leads us?

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Feb 3, 2015

As we know, the U.S. has been negotiating in secret with this sadistic dictatorship for now 20 months, because it is still secret.

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Jan 26, 2015

For years, Iran used a secret facility at Fordow, built into the side of a mountain to advance their nuclear program.

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Jan 26, 2015

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?

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Jan 26, 2015

Tehran calculates that President Obama is more willing to blame Congress for the talks failing.

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Jan 26, 2015

The first sanctions that the U.S. began imposing against Iran were terrorism related.

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Jan 26, 2015

Iran support for terror has not waned, has actually increased.

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Jan 12, 2015

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…

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Jan 12, 2015

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…

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Jan 12, 2015

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…

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Jan 12, 2015

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…

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Jan 12, 2015

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…

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Jan 12, 2015

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…

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Jan 12, 2015

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…

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Jan 12, 2015

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…

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Jan 12, 2015

Why not sanction Cuba for aiding and abetting the North Koreans?

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Dec 9, 2014

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.

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Dec 9, 2014

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?

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Dec 9, 2014

The Secretary has stated quite clearly that the United States is not coordinating with Iran on Iraq and on the fight against ISIL.

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Dec 1, 2014

For more than 3 years now, the administration has failed to address the Syria crisis head on.

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Nov 19, 2014

Eni, we are going miss you a lot.

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Nov 18, 2014

We have gone from remaining silent when the Syrian opposition first spoke out against Assad in March 2011...

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Nov 18, 2014

The United States Congress supports Jordan, we will continue to help ensure that Jordan remains stable.

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