Political Quotes

“today we have an historic choice to make. It is a choice to unite America and our partners in Central America and the Caribbean in the continued march for progress and democracy, or a choice that pushes them into the arms of Bolivarian socialism, the clutches of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Cuba's Fidel Castro. Mr. Speaker, if we fail to pass DR-CAFTA, then we will potentially undermine the stability of our regional democratic allies across Central America and the Caribbean Basin. Worse, we will open the door for the Venezualan-Cuban alliance to fill the vacuum created by our failure to construct an economic security partnership with Central America and Caribbean democracies. This weekend I had 300 pages translated for me to see what the people or the governments in Venezuela and Cuba were saying about this agreement. Castro and Chavez want to defeat CAFTA. I encourage my colleagues to go to the Web page, read the agreement between the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the President of the Council of the State of Cuba for the implementation of the Bolivarian alternative for the Americas. They have an alternative vision for Central and South America and the Caribbean, and it does not include the United States. Read this agreement and see where they are headed. Read their documents. Venezuela, politics of oil and energy. The sixteenth World Youth and Students Festival is going to meet in Caracas, Venezuela, August 7 to August 15.…”