[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 129 (Thursday, July 22, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3806]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       ADDRESSING THE CUBA CRISIS

  (Mr. GROTHMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, I will now address the Cuban crisis just 
south of our border.
  Cuba is, of course, a very progressive Marxist state. The government 
runs the economy with all the restrictions of freedom; that means there 
is no freedom of press.
  The State Department International Religious Freedom Report shows 
numerous violations of freedom of religion as believers in God are 
harassed. There is no freedom of movement. And now with protests, 
people are disappearing.
  How does the United States respond? There was a Free Cuba mural put 
up in Washington, D.C., and the mayor of our Nation's capital responded 
by saying that it was said in the past that Cuba has an education 
system we should learn from, and the mural disappeared.
  I beg President Biden to do what he can to restore internet service 
so the people in Cuba can communicate with each other. Please don't 
lift the embargo. And above all, provide a little bit of moral 
leadership and show that you are opposed to the Marxist cabal to the 
rest of the world.

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