Patrick Leahy actually said...

"Last week's actions by the President are a step forward in normalizing a relationship and will test the commitment of the Cubans to this process."

"Cuba has used our embargo as a phony excuse for its own failed policies."

"The commitment to democratic ideas and human rights we share as Americans are best realized through engagement."

"This will allow us to do that, but also let the Cuban people see that it is their own government, not the United States, that is to blame for the poverty and dysfunction and repression in their countr..."