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Florida Senator Marco Rubio wants to Block US – Cuba Flights
Marco Rubio with the help of Bob Menendez, D-NJ, is working hard to keep you from the freedom of travel. He even used the Republican code-word “Terrorism”. According the Miami Herald:
“There is no reason for the United States to help enrich state sponsors of terrorism,”
I guess they just don’t get it. Maybe they care less about the Cuban people than their powerful allies. Maybe they are part of the gang who wants to control Cuba’s future on their terms.
House Agriculture Committee Votes to End Cuba Travel and Commodities Trade Restrictions
The House Agriculture Committee voted to reverse course on the Cuba Travel ban for American citizens and ease restrictions on the sale of American commodities to Cuba. According to Reuters:
The 25-20 vote in the House of Representatives Agriculture Committee sets the stage for a potentially blistering debate this year in both the full House and the Senate.
“We have tried isolating Cuba for more than fifty years and it has not worked,” House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson said. “Today’s vote demonstrates that Congress is ready to change our nation’s approach on this issue.”
But Democrat Sen. Robert Menendez said, “I oppose and will filibuster any attempt to pass the bill in the Senate. The big corporate interests behind this bill couldn’t care less about whether the Cuban people are free or not – they only care about padding their profits by opening up a new market,” and “Repression is repression and dictatorships are dictatorships, no matter where they are located or whether you want to use their resorts.”
This is one of the few issues both the left and right agree on, from the US Chamber of Commerce to Jimmy Carter. Sen. Menendez is one of the few to not realize that nearly 50 years of bad policy hasn’t worked.