Political Quotes

“The first amendment relates to the Cuban Adjustment Act. As Senator Dole has eloquently stated, the conditions in Cuba have not changed in the past 35 years. Therefore, the reason why the Congress in 1966, 30 years ago, adopted the Cuban Adjustment Act continue in place. Those reasons are fundamentally a recognition of the authoritarian regime at our water's edge. The fact that, because of that regime, hundreds of thousands of people have fled tyranny, it was in the interest of the United States to have an expeditious procedure by which those persons who are here legally in the United States, have resided for 1 year, and have asked for a discretionary act of grace by the Attorney General, be given the opportunity to adjust their status to that of a permanent resident. That was a valid public policy when it was adopted in November 1966. It is a valid public policy in April 1996.”