[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8525]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       RECOGNIZING M.A.R. POR CUBA'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

  (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, I rise to recognize a pro-democracy 
civil society organization called M.A.R. Por Cuba, Mothers and Women 
Against Repression--M.A.R.
  For 20 years, this Miami-based group of women has been advocating for 
freedom in Cuba, and it continues to be a voice for those being 
repressed under the brutal Castro regime.
  The mission of M.A.R. Por Cuba is to help and advance causes like 
justice, liberty, and fundamental freedoms for the people of Cuba. This 
civic organization has been vital in educating the public about the 
reality of the atrocities committed on the island and has given a voice 
to those who put their lives on the line for a free Cuba.
  I thank the organization's president, Sylvia Iriondo, for her endless 
commitment and dedication to the causes of liberty and free elections 
in Cuba. I commend the important work of the women of M.A.R. Por Cuba, 
who remind us that we must not ignore the brutal repression that takes 
place only 90 miles from our shores.

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