[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 78 (Wednesday, May 20, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5691-S5692]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         CUBAN INDEPENDENCE DAY

  Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. President, today I rise on behalf of the 
people of Florida and all Americans, to recognize Cuban Independence 
Day. We stand in solidarity with the people of Cuba as they fight for 
democratic change and independence in their homeland, and struggle for 
a day when basic dignity and freedom of expression is possible without 
fear of persecution. Tyranny, dictatorships, and political repression 
have no place in this hemisphere. Now more than ever, the United States 
must continue to press the Cuban regime, beginning with freeing all 
political prisoners. We must never waiver in our support for the Cuban 
people, as they continue their

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fight for freedom and self-determination.

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