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Steve Rothman: “I would do what the gentleman suggests, but I am not going to before that allow Castro to have the benefits of tourism…”

On the recordJuly 23, 2002
I would do what the gentleman suggests, but I am not going to before that allow Castro to have the benefits of tourism from the United States until he returns these cop-killers and 74 fugitives back to the United States.
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Steve Rothman
New Jersey

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Discussing U.S. tourism policy towards Cuba in relation to fugitives.

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