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Marshall Sanford: “during this discussion we have heard a lot of debate, and the problem with that debate is that it has been filled with…”

On the recordMarch 6, 1996
during this discussion we have heard a lot of debate, and the problem with that debate is that it has been filled with Washington voices. If there is anything that we have learned, it is that Washington does not know best. So I think the missing ingredient in this discussion is, what is it the Cuban people living in Cuba think? And in testimony after testimony with the gentleman from Indiana, Chairman Burton, what we have heard is that the people at home in Cuba think that the way that we solve this problem is not by sending tourist dollars to prop up Fidel Castro, not by allowing investment dollars to go in and prop up Fidel Castro, but rather by tightening the embargo. In this case I think we should listen to those voices.
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Marshall Sanford
South Carolina
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Addressing U.S. policy towards Cuba and the opinions of Cuban citizens during a congressional discussion.

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