Mike Enzi: “on Monday, April 25, I introduced a bill, S. 894, with Senator Dorgan that will make a small change in Cuba policy. It…”

“on Monday, April 25, I introduced a bill, S. 894, with Senator Dorgan that will make a small change in Cuba policy. It deals only with travel provisions to Cuba. I have been watching Cuba since the 1960s. I went to college at George Washington University and was there at the time of the Cuban missile crisis. I have had the opportunity to watch what has happened with Cuba through the years and I am reminded of something my dad used to say: If you keep on doing what you have always been doing, you are going to wind up getting what you already got. That is kind of been the situation with Cuba. We have been trying the same thing for 40 years--over 40 years--and it has not worked. So I am suggesting a change to get a few more people in there to increase conversation for people that understand the way the United States works and the way Cuba works and how they ought to drift more rapidly towards where we are. Castro's cruelty to his own people has tempted us to tighten the already strong restrictions on the relations between our two countries, and we did. We need to be successful in bringing about a better way of life for the Cuban people. When we stop Cuban-Americans from bringing financial assistance to their families in Cuba, and end the people to people exchanges, and stop the sale of agricultural and medicinal products to Cuba, we are not hurting the Cuban Government, we are hurting the Cuban people.…”