Chip Roy: “I thank the gentleman from Texas, my friend, for his words, and I am going to yield to the gentleman from California…”

“I thank the gentleman from Texas, my friend, for his words, and I am going to yield to the gentleman from California here in just a moment. I would ask one question to the gentleman from Texas, and I will repeat that question to my friend from California. I share your enthusiasm and commitment for wanting to help the people of Cuba who are seeking freedom and obviously have been living under the thumb of tyranny for far too long. I was chief of staff to Senator Ted Cruz. His father is a dear friend, and he knew all too well what life was like under that murderous regime. Our friend and our colleague, Alex Mooney, his wonderful mother, similarly, at the same rough timeframe, was subjected to the horrors of Cuba in that time in the late fifties, early sixties, and then came to the United States. But I would ask my friend, that as we watch these individuals from Cuba seeking freedom--and God bless them; we need to support them--and/ or seeking to come to the United States seeking freedom, do you believe that our country is itself upholding and adhering to the ideals that they are seeking? Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman.”