[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 20, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3681]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HELP CUBAN PEOPLE ORGANIZE

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, the Communist Party is afraid. They are 
seeing their ideas collapse. They are seeing that people will no longer 
wait for the countless empty promises of the Castro years to be 
fulfilled.
  This is why we are seeing thousands of unarmed protesters being 
arrested, beaten, and killed all across the island of Cuba.
  If the Communist Party of Cuba had their way, if they were successful 
in blocking the communications of their people as they intended to do 
with their power outages and censorship, then we wouldn't even be able 
to see these abuses.
  Cuba's Communist Government has had 62 years to prove that it could 
provide health, housing, education, work, food, and security to its 
people. Instead, we see buildings collapsing on the heads of Cuban 
citizens. We see that the government provided food full of gravel. We 
see security forces firing live rounds into crowds that are not allowed 
to be armed.
  The White House needs to act soon to help the Cuban people organize 
and communicate freely, and let the rest of the world know what is 
really happening only 90 miles from our border.
  Where is the United Nations?
  I call on President Biden to unblock and expand uncensored internet 
access. We have the technology to do it now and guarantee cellular 
service to their island.
  The embargo is not the problem. People need to be liberated. They are 
political prisoners. Provide independent and free press.
  Madam Speaker, which of these do the Cuban people not deserve?

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