"With policy toward Cuba, it has got to be focused, to me, on two things: standing with the Cuban people against the Castro regime and then what is in the best interest of the United States."
"How is that advancing the rule of law if we are legitimizing a government simply taking somebody else's property outside the constraints of a legal and democratic system?"
"I, as well as the chairman of this committee, stands forthrightly behind the people of Venezuela who are being oppressed by the Maduro government, a thuggish socialist dictatorship."
"the embargo was instituted in response to all the property seizures that the regime had done."
"This new policy is really a boon to the regime because it is a failed regime."
"The Obama administration's policy toward Cuba has provided an economic lifeline to the Castro dictatorship, but has not fostered greater freedoms for the Cuban people."
"Has there been any commitment to extradite her to the United States so she can face justice?"
"We must have a policy that supports the aspirations of the Cuban people, not the needs of the Castro regime."
"when you are changing a policy, are you making it easier for the Cuban people to leverage a democratic transition?"
"A regime that under the sanctions was spending as much money as they were spending on support of terrorism..."
"under no circumstances will Iran ever seek, develop, or acquire any nuclear weapons."