[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 126 (Monday, July 19, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H3660-H3661]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            FREEDOM FOR CUBA

  (Mr. DIAZ-BALART asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Madam Speaker, the people of Cuba are standing up 
for freedom, and they are suffering horrific consequences for it. They 
are getting murdered in the streets by the regime. They are getting 
killed in the streets by the regime.
  And what they are asking for are just a couple of things. And what I 
am pleading for right now with the President of the United States is 
for some solidarity. And, yes, he made a couple statements, but where 
is his leadership?
  What the Cuban people need right now is access to the internet that 
has been cut off by the Cuban regime. The Cuban people are not asking 
for remittances, they are not asking for aspirin, they are asking for 
freedom.
  This President ran saying that he was going renew a new era of 
American diplomacy. Why is he not rallying the world? Why is he not 
speaking about what is going on on the island of Cuba? Why is he not 
talking to the democracies, making sure that everybody understands that 
it is an illegitimate terrorist, murderous regime in Cuba, and the 
United States stands with the people and is going to make sure that the 
world stands with the people of Cuba, as well?

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  President Biden, this is a moment of leadership. Stand with the Cuban 
people.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair reminds Members to address their 
remarks to the Chair.

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