Without question, we are playing a winning hand with strong sanctions and we can't back off, and we are in a different situation now that I want to address.

We should never have gone down this road without having this stuff worked out in the very beginning from the previous administration.

The Cuban Government's making a ton of money off of this illegal property.

I thought he did that for the betterment of America and keeping the Cubans safe from crossing that strait, but what we found out, he did that to appease the Castro regime.

You look at the situation of the Cuban people today, they are no better off than they were 30 years ago.

To open up... without having these things negotiated was a big, big mistake and a failure in foreign policy.

We are trying to build a democracy, and I am all for Radio Marti.

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It really is. I mean, that is an investment in our future, and when I heard you say we are 4 years behind, that just shows more urgency that we need to do that.

You want to look at a country like India, they are the largest democracy. Of course, we are the oldest, and you say they don't have the resources.

I think what Ranking Member Sherman brought up about jobs created, yes, it's important for U.S. jobs.

Empowered people run better governments in general and we are seeing the antithesis of that coming through.