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




                         CONGRESS MUST ACT NOW

  (Ms. SALAZAR asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SALAZAR. Madam Speaker, libertad. Freedom. Abajo la dictadura. 
Down with the dictatorship.
  These are the calls we are hearing from the people of Cuba.
  They have taken to the streets demanding the end of the Castro 
tyranny.
  We see the American flag waving on the streets of Havana because they 
yearn for the same thing we have: Freedom. We see the American flag 
waving on the streets of Havana because that is what they want, 
freedom.
  Castro has taken repression to scientific levels. There are at this 
hour over 500 political prisoners and thousands more are in jail.
  Madam Speaker, we are begging President Biden to stand with the 
Cubans now. The Castro regime has cut off the internet so no one will 
see how they are torturing the Cuban people. America has the technology 
to provide internet now in Cuba.
  We don't need any study groups about remittances. What we need is 
action. We need the President to grant the green light now so that 
Cubans can organize among themselves and can stay in the streets; so 
they don't feel abandoned; so they know the whole world is watching; so 
they can decide their own political future. Time is of the essence.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will remind Members to observe 
proper decorum.

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