Lincoln Diaz-Balart: “Mr. Chairman, the campaign which has been led by the gentleman from Colorado in Jihad fashion for years to kill Cuba…”

“Mr. Chairman, the campaign which has been led by the gentleman from Colorado in Jihad fashion for years to kill Cuba broadcasting has had many tactics and strategies. The tactic that is being emphasized now, the tactic a la mode, is Castro jamming. That is the tactic being emphasized now. We have heard other tactics, and we have certainly seen them. The gentleman from Colorado referred to report after report, investigation after investigation, report after report, investigation after investigation that has been imposed upon that group of Federal workers, and yet they continue to do their job and to do a good job. One of the last reports imposed upon those Federal workers, done by the Board of Broadcasting Governors, contained a survey, the most scientific and empirical survey that has been done in any totalitarian state with regards to the reception of our broadcasts, and the survey was specifically with regard to what the gentleman from Colorado with his amendment seeks to kill today, Television Marti. That survey, which was made public first in two 'Dear Colleagues' from the gentleman from Colorado, dated July 23, stated that TV Marti viewership, and I mention it here, has a 1.5 percent audience share.”