[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 294]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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  (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, due to President Obama's latest 
actions designed to seek closer ties to rogue regimes and terrorist 
groups across the world, these entities now have the blueprint on how 
to obtain concessions from the United States: hold innocent American 
citizens hostage and demand the release of convicted terrorists or 
spies in return.
  The Castro regime has always and will always continue to perpetrate 
the most heinous of human rights violations in order to remain in 
control over the millions of Cubans yearning for freedom. What does 
that say about us as a Nation when we are willing to cave to the 
demands of these thugs and terrorists and abandon our ideals and our 
policies?
  We must uphold the American values of freedom, democracy, respect for 
human rights and the rule of law, and stand in solidarity with all 
people who crave these fundamental rights.

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