[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 67 (Wednesday, May 22, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H2836]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     END THE TRADE EMBARGO ON CUBA

  (Ms. McCOLLUM asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, 90 miles from America's shore is the 
island of Cuba, but what really separates the people of Cuba and the 
American people is the U.S. Government's hypocritical trade embargo 
restated this week by President Bush.
  This failed policy towards Cuba empowers Fidel Castro, denies 
American businesses the freedom to trade, and prohibits the American 
people the freedom to travel.
  Around the world, the United States has used economic engagement to 
promote political reform, democratic values and human rights. With 
Cuba, our government does the opposite. We punish the Cuban people with 
a trade embargo.
  For a free and open Cuba, let us free American businesses to trade 
with Cuba, free America's farmers to sell to Cuba, and free the 
American people to travel to Cuba. The trade embargo has failed. The 
spirit of the American people and the power of our economy can achieve 
the freedoms we all desire for the Cuban people.

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