Bob Menendez: “I come to the floor outraged that following a hearing that I held as chairman of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of…”

“I come to the floor outraged that following a hearing that I held as chairman of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the Foreign Relations Committee entitled ``The Path to Freedom: Countering Repression and Supporting Civil Society in Cuba,'' after testimony from Cuba of Jorge Luis Garcia Perez, known as ``Antunez''--and this is a picture taken from that video feed--he was taken into custody by the Castro regime this weekend, arrested, and beaten unconscious. This is the account of his wife, Yris Tamara Perez Aguilera, who provided this account to Radio Republic, an independent radio station in Miami that she was able to call so that she could denounce what was taking place and let the world know what was happening. Here is the exact statement that she gave the radio station: My name is Yris Tamara Perez Aguilera, wife of Jorge Luis Garcia Perez Antunez, a former political prisoner-- --a former political prisoner who spent 17 years of his life in Castro's prison simply because of his peaceful prodemocracy action. This Saturday, June 9, my husband, together with Loreto Hernandez Garcia and Jonniel Rodriguez Riverol, after a brutal beating by the part of the political police--[that is State security]--were transferred to the precinct here in Placeta. All this occurred around 3:30 in the afternoon.…”