We can put any condition we want as a condition of sale.

We will not open an embassy unless we believe that the security outside the embassy is appropriate to protect our installation.

So, President Obama may have outstretched his hand, but the Castros still have their fists real tight.

I have deep concerns that the more these talks progress, the more the administration continues to entertain unilateral concessions without in return getting agreement on fundamental issues that are in our national interests and those of…

That is not success. I do not get it.

Oh, yes, but you cannot break a monopoly unless the regime allows a monopoly to be broken.

the suggestion that the embargo has created this problem--Cuba can buy from many places in the world.

I am also concerned that the 53 prisoners were not released unconditionally and continue to force legal hurdles, and that several of them have been rearrested, including Marcelino Abreu Bonora, who was violently beaten by Cuban security…

Is it not true that the Castro regime is providing sanctuary to members of organizations that the State Department has named as foreign terrorist organizations?

I am concerned that there was not one substantial step toward transparent democratic elections, improved human rights, freedom of assembly, or the ability to form independent political parties and independent trade unions.

Let me be as clear today on this issue as I was in December that 18 months of secret negotiations produced a bad deal, a bad deal for the Cuban people while it may have been done with the best of intentions, in my view with compromised…

America has isolated itself--alienating regional and international partners.