[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 126 (Monday, July 19, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3660]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    STANDING WITH THE PEOPLE OF CUBA

  (Mr. WALTZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. WALTZ. Madam Speaker, I rise today to stand with the people of 
Cuba. I rise today to stand with these brave people who are risking 
everything, their lives, their families, their livelihoods.
  Standing for freedom in Cuba isn't an academic exercise. They not 
only put their lives on the line, they put their entire family's lives 
on the line. And as they do this they are reading from the Constitution 
of the United States of America, they are reading from the Declaration 
of Independence, they are waving the American flag. They are not waving 
flags of Europe or other countries. They are waving the American flag, 
the international symbol of freedom.
  Madam Speaker, socialism does not work, is not working, has never 
worked anywhere around the world. The only place in the world where the 
Cuban people are not succeeding is in Cuba. We must stand with them. We 
will stand with them. And the Cuban people will be free.

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