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Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006

Date: June 30, 2005
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Transportation

TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, THE JUDICIARY, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006 -- (House of Representatives - June 30, 2005)

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Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I have been listening to this debate, and one of the things that was said today is that we should not accept letters from even freedom fighters, heroes who are suffering under Castro's oppression.

If we should not listen to them, maybe we should listen to what the dictator himself has said about amendments such as this in the past. When an amendment such as this passed a couple years ago, he said, ``The House of Representatives voted with determination and courage for amendments that bring glory to that institution. We should always be grateful for that gesture.''

That is the dictator himself, grateful for amendments like this. Should we be on the side of the Cuban people or should we be taking actions that the dictator himself calls glorious?

I think that is something that clearly this body needs to take in consideration.

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