[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13601]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HOLD FARC ACCOUNTABLE

  (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, this Sunday, Colombians in my 
Congressional District will go to the polls to vote on the Colombia-
FARC deal, deciding whether to hold the narco-terrorist organization 
known as the FARC accountable for its innumerable crimes committed over 
more than 50 years.
  Yet, in a deal brokered by the duplicitous Castro regime, the FARC 
members may soon get off scot-free--no jail time and no compensation to 
the family members of their victims. FARC members will even be allowed 
to run for office. Good grief.
  This is a bad deal, Mr. Speaker, and it should not be financed by 
American taxpayers. The only things the FARC and its criminal backers 
in Havana are interested in are more opportunities to continue running 
drugs, lining their pockets, and destabilizing Latin America.
  Colombians in my district can vote on the deal in either Coral 
Gables, Hialeah, or Kendall, as well as many other places surrounding 
Miami. For more information on voting locations, they can contact the 
Colombian consulate in Miami.

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