[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2408]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         BROTHERS TO THE RESCUE

  (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, today, we commemorate the murder by 
the Cuban regime of three U.S. citizens and one U.S. resident: Carlos 
Costa, Armando Alejandre, Mario de la Pena, and Pablo Morales.
  Nineteen years ago today, the Castro brothers ordered the shoot-down 
of the civilian Brothers to the Rescue plane and blew them out of the 
sky over international air space during an unarmed, humanitarian 
mission.
  These volunteers were devoted to searching the Straits of Florida to 
aid those who risked their lives on rafts to flee the oppressive yoke 
of the Castro regime that continues to rule over the island.
  It is shameful that this same regime that is responsible for killing 
these innocent heroes is now sitting across the table from U.S. 
Government officials and will be hosted by our own Department of State 
later this week--not a proud week for strong American values, Mr. 
Speaker.

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