Do you think that our negotiations now with Cuba will have a positive, negative, or non-effect on Central America?

And I just want to congratulate you because I have spent 25 years in Congress saying it is a wasted philosophy and policy and it serves nothing.

This is going to be a two-sided conversation because there are claims on both sides.

We can't do that anymore.

we do better when we invade people with blue jeans and sneakers and ideas and trade than when we try to isolate them.

they supported the President's announcement and they view the policy decision as very welcome.

It has been a failure for the Cuban people and for our country, and it is time to move ahead.

You can't negotiate if you don't have relations. You first have to establish the relations, and then you can negotiate on both sides.

Our country gets criticized a lot. At times, we do some of it ourselves. But when we see people like you... that is America at its best.

I thank the gentlewoman. Madam Chair, this is one of those moments where the best thing you can do is kind of scratch your head and say, What the heck are they thinking? We have a bipartisan bill, a Homeland Security bill that, as was said…

I thank my colleague, Mr. Crowley. This week in 1975, I became a member of the New York State Assembly. This week in 1975, Mario Cuomo became secretary of state. I left to come to Congress in 1990, so I am fortunate to have served in the…

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