Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to claim the time in opposition, though I am not opposed to it. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Michigan? There was no objection. The Acting CHAIR. The…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 minute. First, I also want to congratulate and express my appreciation to my colleague, friend, and neighbor from Flint, Mr. Kildee, for his work on this and for his advocacy of his hometown. I wanted to say…

Mr. Chairman, just in closing, I want to compliment everyone who has been involved in this bipartisan solution. It is an example of Congress working together to solve a problem. This is something that those of us--and many of us have…

If the Congress sent that message to the regime that you need to allow your people to be independent entrepreneurs, have property rights, and be able to engage freely in trade with the United States, count me in.

For 50 years, we have had sanctions and we have been enemies of the Castro regime, and the Cuban people love us despite all that onslaught of propaganda and lack of information.

I always mention, and there was an inherent contradiction in something that has been said before, when we say, oh, because we want to kind of expose the Cuban people to our ideas and have entrepreneurs, and I always tell people, have you…

I just want to assure Mr. Isbell and Mr. Gibson, I am very interested in seeing our agricultural product exports very strong and looking for new markets for our products.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank Chairman Smith, the Science, Space, and Technology Committee, and House leadership for their help in bringing this legislation to the floor. The…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 5639, the bill now under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from Texas, the ranking member, for her support and leadership on this legislation. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Smith), chairman of the Committee on Science, Space…

Mr. Speaker, I would encourage our colleagues to support this legislation. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Weber of Texas). The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Michigan (Mr…