Byron Dorgan: “I support that legislation. The legislation has nothing to do with supporting Fidel Castro. We do not support Fidel…”

“I support that legislation. The legislation has nothing to do with supporting Fidel Castro. We do not support Fidel Castro. It has nothing to do with making life easier for Fidel Castro. This issue is not about Fidel Castro; it is about the American people. Ninety miles off our shores sits a country ruled by communists, a communist government run by Fidel Castro. We have a communist government in the country of China, with 1.3 billion people half way around the globe. We have a communist government in the country of Vietnam. I have visited both. In both of those countries, we have an American Chamber of Commerce. They are doing business in those countries. We have engaged in trade and tourism. People travel there. People do business there. Why? Because our country thinks engagement is the right way to move these communist countries in the right direction toward greater personal freedom and greater liberty for the people of China and Vietnam. But Cuba is 90 miles off the coast of Florida, and we are told that Cuba is different.”