we allow them set up shell corporations in the United States to purchase property, to purchase aircraft

If the largest single purchaser of Iranian oil is not part of this deal, then those sanctions are meaningless.

I would encourage you all to look aggressively at the need to implement it immediately.

I do want to make a distinction here about what the designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.

the question before us has always to do with action, terrorist action and violence.

So there are a lot of conservative, we would even say repressive regimes around the world.

But the terrorist, terrorist designation is targeted toward activity, conduct, war on the civilian population.

It seems like we are running as fast as we can toward bankruptcy, not away from it.

I would like to thank you for holding this hearing to examine the state of human rights in Cuba.

I thought it was a perfect solution, but it was a missed opportunity in this bill.

We owe it to men like Armando, Pablo, Mario, and Carlos. We owe it to their loved ones. We owe it to those in Cuba who live this nightmare every day.