[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1756]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            ANNIVERSARY OF BROTHERS TO THE RESCUE SHOOTDOWN

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, the cause for freedom suffered a deep 
loss yesterday with the death of political prisoner Orlando Zapata 
Tamayo, the latest victim of the Cuban tyranny.
  And today we sadly commemorate the 1996 murder by the Cuban regime of 
Carlos Costa, Armando Alejandre, Mario de la Pena, and Pablo Morales. 
As they searched for those who were risking their lives in the Atlantic 
in pursuit of freedom in the United States, Cuban military jets 
mercilessly shot them down in international airspace.
  Some choose to ignore the brutality of the Cuban dictatorship, 
introducing a bill this week to lift parts of the embargo that would 
reward the regime.
  Instead, I ask that we honor the memory of those lost to the cause of 
liberty in Cuba and redouble our efforts to turn their dream of a free 
Cuba into a reality.

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