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Steve Rothman: Mr. Chairman, I ask my colleagues who wish to support the Flake amendment, how did my colleagues just vote on the…

On the recordJuly 25, 2001
Mr. Chairman, I ask my colleagues who wish to support the Flake amendment, how did my colleagues just vote on the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act? Did they say, we do not need sanctions? Did they say, we do not need sanctions? No, they said, in some circumstances, sanctions are appropriate. In this case, we need sanctions to make sure that Castro returns the killer convicted by an American jury, sentenced to life for the bullet in the back of the head to a New Jersey State trooper, and the 76 other convicted felons he is harboring in Cuba living free.
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Steve Rothman
New Jersey

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Discussing the need for sanctions against Cuba related to convicted felons.

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