Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. I would just make three last points. As was correctly pointed out by my colleague from California, indeed this is about American jobs. It indeed is about, again, this larger notion of private property rights. I would stand my private property rights record up to anybody. I believe strongly in private property rights and legal code, which is why Ms. Lee is correct: should there be bilateral relations between Cuba and the United States, this would be part of that discussion. But the idea of creating a legal hurdle for an airline not to be able to fly from Miami or Tampa to Havana--and instead, those jobs go to other places around the globe--makes no sense to me. Finally, I would simply say this. We have tried 50 years of one policy, and it hasn't worked. It was Ronald Reagan who encouraged travel to the Eastern Bloc countries. I think it would make sense in this instance. The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentleman from North Carolina has expired.”