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José E. Serrano: The fact of life is that this Rangel/Serrano amendment sends the message that it is time to change this policy. We no…

On the recordJuly 23, 2002
The fact of life is that this Rangel/Serrano amendment sends the message that it is time to change this policy. We no longer have any moral justification for keeping an embargo on Cuba while we deal with China, Vietnam, Korea, and every other country in the world. Well, my God, our allies in the war on terrorism are people who, in so many ways, have behaved towards this country 10 times worse than anything Cuba or Castro have ever said about us, and we still deal with them.
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José E. Serrano
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Discussing U.S. policy towards Cuba and the embargo during a House floor debate.

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