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On the recordJune 30, 1999
Yes. And under the law which I alluded to, which was passed just in February of this year, that Cuban citizen who was found to be engaging in that friendly discussion about democracy and the graces that liberty brings to the human spirit will be subject to spending 20 to 30 years, without his freedom, in a Cuban cell precisely because he engaged in that conversation.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Discussing the implications of a law affecting Cuban citizens' freedom of expression.

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