[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 57 (Thursday, March 26, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H2754]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             HANDS OFF CUBA

  (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, like many Americans, I am outraged by what 
Trump is doing to the Cuban people.
  The oil blockade enacted by the Trump administration is cruel and 
indefensible. Cuba poses no threat to us, yet we are strangling an 
entire nation with economic warfare.
  Families are going without food. Water systems are failing. Hospitals 
are struggling to stay open.
  These tactics are designed to suffocate an island into submission, 
and its civilians, ordinary Cuban men, women, and children, are paying 
the price.
  Make no mistake, this unconscionable suffering is occurring because 
Trump is trying to force regime change.
  Across our country and around the world, people are standing in 
solidarity with the Cuban people. They are calling for dignity for 
humanity, for an end to this harm.
  Hands off Cuba. End the blockade now.

                          ____________________