Tom Feeney: “I want to thank all of the sponsors of this resolution, especially my friends from Florida. Mr. Speaker, there is an old…”

“I want to thank all of the sponsors of this resolution, especially my friends from Florida. Mr. Speaker, there is an old saying that people do not miss fresh air until they live without it. My friends from south Florida understand what it is like to live without freedom and without fresh air. While American men and women are halfway around the world fighting for freedom and democracy, we are finding out who our friends are. We are also finding out throughout the world who the really bad actors are. You can judge bad guys because while the cat is away, the rats are playing just 90 miles off the Florida border. And I will say that the roundup of these individual freedom fighters, who remind me of the original founders of our Republic, who pledged in the Declaration their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to stand up for what is right, the most recent roundup by Castro and his evil regime is nothing but a modern-day Stalinist purge. I will say as we are fighting to free the Iraqi people, so we should stay the course and fight to free the Cuban people. I urge a unanimous vote by this House of Representatives and, once again, I want to thank all of my colleagues who are sponsors of this resolution.”