[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 65 (Thursday, April 15, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H1795-H1796]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              BRIGADE 2506

  (Ms. SALAZAR asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SALAZAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the 60th 
anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion; specifically, to honor the men 
of Assault Brigade 2506.

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  Mr. Speaker, over 1,400 selfless men--many of which were only 
teenagers at the time--volunteered to save the island of Cuba on April 
17, 1961 from communism.
  Mr. Speaker, 114 brigaders and 4 American soldiers were killed in 
action by the brutal Castro regime; while thousands of others waiting 
on the island for these freedom fighters were arrested, killed by a 
firing squad, or sent into exile, including my grandmother.
  For my Miami exile community that I represent, these are our moral 
points of reference, our heroes, and are reminders of how the Cuban 
people continue to suffer under a ruthless communist dictatorship led 
by the Castro brothers.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to join Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart in 
introducing a bipartisan resolution honoring the brigaders. I urge my 
colleagues in Congress to cosponsor our resolution to join us in our 
fight for freedom, democracy, and human rights in the only communist 
bastion in the Western Hemisphere, the island of Cuba.

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