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Completely, and he even had a spy. He even had a spy within the organization that the day before the murders he took back to Cuba, and he had him there for the day of the murder saying that he had been a pilot for Brothers To The Rescue…
At least 20 miles away. At least 8 or 10 miles out of the international line. The boat was at least, the fisherman says that the boat was at least 20 miles off Cuba when he saw the planes being shot down. He says in your mind, this…
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opporunity to put into a little bit of a perspective or context the murders of Saturday. As I stated briefly before, it was back in December when 130, over 130 pro-democracy groups in Cuba came together and…
God save us, God saves us, Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen, from a North Korea solution for Castro. The reality of the matter is the administration decided when they heard North Korea was building some nuclear powerplants, maybe they could use…
With regard to your earlier point, which is so important, though, imagine Castro with refugees has been able to blackmail the United States, it is laughable, but it happened with refugees, he has been able to blackmail the United States…
A delegation of former military people who advocate getting along with Castro, you know, it is a very small group of left- wing former military people that are always advocating for better relations with North Korea, with China, and of…
since the time of the visits of two of our colleagues to Cuba a few weeks ago, dissidents and independent journalists there are facing increased repression. Dissident leaders Miriam Garcia, Mercedes Parada Antunes, Leonel Morejon Almagro…
I take the floor today because a most distinguished colleague of ours took the floor earlier this morning and said that he had a meeting with dissidents in Havana, Cuba, last week, and he mentioned a couple of names of dissidents who were …
last week two Members of this House, a gentleman from Massachusetts and a gentleman from New Mexico, went to Cuba to meet with Castro. One told the press he was looking for flexibility on Castro's part to help him oppose the sanctions bill…
I want to be specific with regard to the last section of the bill which reads: Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as authorizing for deployment of United States forces in the territory of Bosnia for any purpose, including…
I do not think it is an easy vote to say that the world community, in fact, has acted immorally for over 3 years. That is not an easy vote. There is a lot of speculation that we can engage in with regard to the future. But what is true is…
the secretly negotiated agreement between the Clinton administration and Fidel Castro, announced yesterday, to return Cuban refugees to Castro's state security is unprecedented as well as immoral. As Speaker Gingrich declared yesterday…
sometimes it is amazing to see the campaign on behalf of one of the last remaining tyrants in the world that is engaged upon by our local newspaper here, the Washington Post. In the last 3 days, we have five articles or op-ed pieces in…
back in December, my office began to get reports from within the Clinton administration that advisers, foreign policy advisers to the President, were advising him to send a gesture of friendship to Castro. After I got the third report from…
Reclaiming my time, I have here a list that the chairman of the Committee on Rules will expand upon of numerous instances where on national security matters your party, sir, limited debate extraordinarily. If I may, sir, if I may, I…
I had a professor in school who would tell us that when you are going to argue a case in court, if you can, first argue the law. If you cannot argue the law, then argue the facts, if you can. And if you cannot do that either, then argue…
I am very pleased that the last two distinguished colleagues from the other side of the aisle who spoke thanked the majority on the Committee on Rules for issuing an open rule, especially after there had been so much confusion brought…
history puts so much in perspective and in context. We are going today to bring forth before this House a constitutional amendment to require that our Federal budget be balanced. Very prosperous countries in the past, very wealthy…
as we debate this fair rule for consideration of this very important constitutional amendment, I ask the question: Why is there a very serious financial crisis in Mexico today that we are dealing with precisely in this Congress because of…
I am very proud of my party today. After 40 years in opposition, being closed out time and time again with regard to the ability, that most essential ability on behalf of one's constituents, to introduce amendments and to speak in behalf…
this bill reminds me of the anecdote, the man gets home, finds his wife being unfaithful on the sofa, mobilizes to sell the sofa and prohibit all sofas. The issue, Mr. Speaker, is not to sell or prohibit the sofa where 3 percent of the…
I have studied this issue at some length and in some depth, visiting a number of bilingual education programs and have learned that, on the contrary, bilingual education increases the rapidity, increases the speed with which students…
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