[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 37 (Thursday, February 29, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H767]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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               CUBAN STATE SPONSOR OF TERROR DESIGNATION

  (Ms. OMAR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. OMAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my profound 
frustration at the continued Trump-era policies toward Cuba. For 65 
long years, the Cuban people have suffered under the weight of an 
American embargo.
  Now, Cuba's completely unwarranted designation as a state sponsor of 
terror is causing new waves of hardship for the people of the island.
  It is also impacting our allies and friends. Mr. Speaker, I met with 
many ambassadors from close partners of the United States when I was in 
Cuba, and they were unanimously opposed to the state sponsor 
designation.
  Trump and Pompeo created this designation, knowing it has no merit, 
and it was a political trap for the Biden administration.
  Mr. Speaker, I call on President Biden to step out of that trap, 
finally, and stop this cruel and counterproductive policy. He should 
remove the state sponsor designation today.

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