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Lincoln Diaz-Balart: “Mr. Speaker, with regard to the statement made by the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern) who just spoke, no…”

On the recordJune 28, 2000
Mr. Speaker, with regard to the statement made by the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern) who just spoke, no, there is no comparison between what is going on here this evening and what goes on in Castro's Cuba. I wish that I could show the gentleman a card that I carry with me from a political prisoner. He snuck it out of prison and sent it to me. I wish I could show it to him. I will not because making public his name would cost him, in all likelihood, his life. That political prisoner is in a gulag because of an opinion, a belief. No, there is no comparison between what is going on this evening here and what goes on in Castro's Cuba.
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Lincoln Diaz-Balart
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Addressing a comparison made between the U.S. and Cuba during a debate.

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