Lincoln Diaz-Balart: “Just 90 miles away from the coast of the United States there exists a murderous, terrorist regime on the island of Cuba.…”

“Just 90 miles away from the coast of the United States there exists a murderous, terrorist regime on the island of Cuba. It is a regime that harbors terrorists, that funds terrorism, that has even held an American hostage since the summer of '09, and that denies all basic human rights to its people. Currently, 26 pro-democracy activists, it has been reported, have initiated a hunger strike. It started with Jorge Luis Garcia Perez Antunez on September 7 of 2012 in order to protest the brutal oppression by the Castro thugs against the Cuban people and against the political prisoners, and it has now been joined, as I said, by another 25. You're not going to see that on the front pages of the newspapers. These are individuals who, for some reason, the press will not cover. The only thing you'll see about the Castro regime is, frankly, the beauty of the beaches and the island and the fact that they have old cars--such a quaint thing. It's not quaint when your human rights are violated and when you are forced to drive 50-year-old automobiles--if you're lucky to even get one of those. Since these individuals, these heroes, are for some reason being denied the coverage that they deserve, I come to the floor to mention who they are--these heroes that we have to support, that we have to defend, and that we can never forget. So I am going to read their names. I mentioned Jorge Luis Garcia Perez Antunez.…”