[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 21, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3768]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                    SUPPORTING FREEDOM-LOVING CUBANS

  (Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, freedom-loving Cubans have 
taken to the streets to protest the socialist, Marxist Castro regime 
that has held a deadly grip over Cuba for 60 years.
  Cubans are protesting to secure the blessings of liberty that now so 
many in this country are showing disdain for. The socialist Castro 
regime embraces a backward economy that prides itself on taking 
everything it can from the people until there is nothing left. There 
are no means for justice, no opportunities for success outside the 
bounds of tyranny, and no consideration for the God-given rights of 
their people.
  Let this be a lesson to the world and to my socialist colleagues 
across the aisle. Communism does not work. There is no example in 
history of any modern society benefiting from Marxist rule, and any 
attempt to paint socialist and communist dictatorships as anything but 
cruel is peddling lies and fiction.
  The pro-democracy demonstrations in Cuba are sending a powerful 
message: Communism is oppressive and denies people their basic freedom.
  Cubans deserve our strong, unwavering support, and I will always 
stand up for freedom fighters around the world.

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