[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 112 (Tuesday, July 12, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H4671]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         CUBAN AIRPORT SECURITY

  (Mr. HUDSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HUDSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge my colleagues to 
support H.R. 5728, the bipartisan Cuban Airport Security Act of 2016.
  Over the past several months, the Obama administration and the Cuban 
Government have stonewalled oversight of airport security arrangements. 
This lack of transparency is troubling and begs the question: What are 
they hiding?
  As far as we know, Cuban airports don't have proper screening for 
explosive detection; they can't check for fake IDs and fake passports; 
they don't allow TSA on the ground to evaluate security; and they don't 
have air marshals on planes. The administration plans to start flights 
into Charlotte from Cuba in a few months, but they are not doing enough 
to guarantee there won't be a security threat on one of those planes.
  After all, Cuba has been a safe haven for terrorists and was just 
recently removed from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. It is a 
brutal regime that recently hosted the North Korean equivalent of our 
CIA Director. We should not allow the proposed 110 flights a day of 
commercial air flights--indeed, we shouldn't allow a single flight 
until we are absolutely sure they have the proper security at airports 
to protect the American people.
  This legislation puts the brakes on the President's dangerous plans. 
I encourage my colleagues to support it.

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