[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 18, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H3224]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY FOR ENSLAVED PEOPLE OF CUBA

  (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, tomorrow at 1 p.m. in Room 2200 of the 
Rayburn Building, the House of Representatives will have a unique 
opportunity to meet modern-day heroes.
  Angel Cuadra, Carmen Arias, Alberto Grau Sierra, and Ana Lazara 
Rodriquez are men and women of principle, lovers of freedom and 
democracy, defenders of human and civil liberties.
  In Castro's island prison, they risked their freedom, their lives, to 
speak out against the inhumanity and brutal injustices that that regime 
imposes upon the people of Cuba. They bring with them not only a 
message of hope about the Cuban people's struggle against the cruel 
nature of the oppressive Castro regime, but also a message from those 
who still languish in Cuban jails for expressing their God-given rights 
as free human beings.
  I welcome all Members and visitors to join us tomorrow at 1 p.m. in 
room 2200 of the Rayburn Building to listen to their testimonials and 
in rendering our support for their continuing struggle for freedom and 
democracy for the enslaved people of Cuba.

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