[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 15, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H7698]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   CASTRO REGIME NOT READY TO REFORM ITSELF FROM TOTALITARIAN VISION

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, as if we needed more evidence about 
the national security threat posed to the United States by the Castro 
regime, the FBI yesterday arrested 10 individuals for operating a spy 
ring in the U.S. for the Cuban Communist regime.
  The Cuban spy ring's mission was the collection of information about 
U.S. military installations and anti-Castro groups operating in 
Florida.
  The FBI bust is the latest proof that after 40 years in power, the 
Castro regime has no intention of changing its totalitarian ideals or 
its hatred for the freedom and democracy represented by the United 
States.
  Castro continues to support international terrorist groups, is 
constructing a dangerous nuclear power plant a few hundred miles from 
the U.S., and is said to be developing the capability for biological 
weapons. This does not sound like a regime ready to reform itself from 
the totalitarian vision that it continues to promote.
  Those who continue to make excuses for the Cuban tyrant's behavior 
should finally wake up to reality.

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