Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, sometimes our speeches get away with us and trivialized. The oppression of people in Cuba, sometimes in making a speech we joke about what is going on in Cuba as if it does not even exist. I think that is pretty unfortunate. People are dying in Cuba. They are imprisoned in Cuba. The entire island is nothing but a prison of a Communist dictator. The author and proponent of the Flake amendment does not intend to help Fidel Castro's brutal regime grind its boot heel of tyranny deeper into the necks of Cuban people, but that is exactly what this amendment will do. The premise upon which the Flake amendment is based is that gift packages sent from the United States to Cuba will be delivered to their addresses by some chipper little mailman with a wink and a smile. No, Mr. Chairman, it works more like this: A family of refugees in Miami hears that their relatives in the proletarian paradise that is modern Cuba are short on capitalist luxuries like clothing or soap. So this family gathers together a package of supplies to help their relatives get through the month. The U.S. Postal Service delivers the package to Cuba where it is taken to a central depository. Once the package is secured by Castro's goon squads, the relatives are notified of its arrival and of the price that they must pay to have it released.”