Political Quotes

“I made myself a promise yesterday, Mr. Speaker, when I stopped in to Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's office to congratulate her; and I would do that with many of the people who are related to, from, or descended from folks who had to leave Cuba, especially those who are there today who weren't able to leave Cuba. We have been looking for the biological solution, which would be Castro being transferred into the next life. The very definition of the biological solution in the vernacular around this town was the eventual death of Fidel Castro. Well, it happened, finally happened, Mr. Speaker, and so I had a celebratory cup of Cuban coffee in the office of Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. And now I would make this call, that it is time for the Cuban people and it is time for the incoming Trump administration to put together what amounts to the need for a regime change on the island of Cuba for the 11 million people that are free-spirited, hardworking, happy people, given all the circumstances that they have to fight against in the poorest country in all of the Western Hemisphere as far as their spirit is concerned. I would pass the message along. There is a wonderful, wonderful nun in my district named Sister Marie. She served under Mother Teresa for 27 years. She served in Cuba for a long, long time, but she has been to all the--well, maybe not all, but many of the worst places in the world to serve the Lord and to help people.…”