[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 118 (Friday, August 19, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: August 19, 1994]
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              AVERT A TRAGEDY BOTH IN CUBA AND IN FLORIDA

  (Mr. SERRANO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, for years we have tried to strangle the 
Cuban people through an embargo. Miami Spanish radio stations and 
Government-funded Radio Marti have encouraged Cubans to rebel against 
their government and to come to Florida. When a plane or boat is stolen 
in Cuba, we treat the hijackers as heroes, and now, when the Cubans are 
hungry and have accepted our invitation, we do not want them to come 
any longer.
  This is a failed policy we are dealing with in China, or Vietnam, 
with Korea and with every other country we have had a problem with in 
the past. It is time to join my bill, cosponsor the bill, to end the 
Cuban embargo, begin negotiations with the Castro Government and stop a 
tragedy both in Cuba and in Florida.

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