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Hearing United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First Foreign Policy Through Strategic Diplomacy and Burden Sharing
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript · 21 transcript matches
SPEAKER_11 "a measurable difference in 65 years of the policy we've had? So Secretary Rubio, just a few hours ago, said the goal is to have a Cuba where people of Cuba can experience prosperity, safety, security, and a better life moving forward. I just got back from there 10 days ago. I've been there 30 years ago. I was there three and a half years ago at an official delegation, and I was there with a nonprofit most"
Hearing More Bang for the Buck: Aligning Commercial Diplomacy Between State and Commerce
house East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript · 11 transcript matches
JAYAPAL, PRAMILA "gentlelady from Washington, Representative Jayapar. Thank you so much Assistant Secretary Orr, in your role you cover a portfolio that includes U.S. sanctions tied to U.S. policy goals and so I want to talk about Cuba. This June the State Department imposed sanctions on Cuba's state-owned oil company while also blocking the delivery of fuel to the island. This was on top of a crushing decades-long embargo that has made food scarce on the island and made it difficult to import medicines, medical equipment, a host of other civilian goods. Are you aware that Cuba only produces about 20% of its..."
Hearing H.R. 139 – Sunshine Protection Act of 2025; H.R. 8595 – National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027;...
house Rules Committee · Jul 13, 2026 · Transcript · 11 transcript matches
LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA "Madam Chair, I have an amendment to the rule. I move the committee make in order amendment number 167 to H.R. 8595, offered by myself, which requires a report detailing the impacts of United States policies on the health system in Cuba and requires the Secretary of State to provide recommendations to ensure that United States policies are implemented in a timely manner. Madam Chair, I just came back from a trip to Cuba where we met with the people of Cuba, And what we are doing to Cuba is"
Hearing Hearings to examine the national security strategy and the western hemisphere.
senate Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues Subcommittee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript · 11 transcript matches
CURTIS, JOHN R. "natural resource surveillance, technology, and diplomatic pressure. Russia has used Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua to project influence and challenge U.S. interests from within the hemisphere. Iran and its proxies have also sought footholds through malign networks and anti-American"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Sarah B. Rogers, of New York, to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media,...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 30, 2026 · Transcript · 9 transcript matches
SARAH B. ROGERS "So both Chinese and Iranian influence operations skew especially noticeably towards this kind of leftist anti-colonial ideology. By the way, so does Cuba. Our recent Cuba report, very strong on this. Russia, I would say- Well, maybe with OCB's help, we make Cuba a nicer place for Cubans to return"
CRS Report
Cuba: U.S. Policy Overview
Resources · Jan 8, 2025
Cuba is a one-party authoritarian state with a government that has sharply restricted freedoms of expression, association, assembly, and other basic human rights since shortly after the 1959 Cuban...
Hearing Hearings to examine the posture of United States Northern Command and United States Southern Command in review of the Defense Authorization...
senate Armed Services Committee · Mar 19, 2026 · Transcript · 6 transcript matches
COTTON, TOM "Thank you, gentlemen, for your appearance and for your service. General Donovan, I want to turn to the question of Cuba. I understand that you may not be actively rehearsing an invasion of Cuba, but surely we have plans to deal with any contingency related to Cuba. I mean, there's a vast cadre, thousands of majors and cardinals just sitting around the Pentagon making plans for every possible contingency in the"
Hearing Department of State FY 2027 Budget Request: A Commitment to America First Foreign Policy
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 3, 2026 · Transcript · 5 transcript matches
SPEAKER_45 "I mean, it doesn't ring a bell off the top. Well, I also didn't mention Cuba because I literally hand-wrote what I was going to say to you guys, and I told you I was going to submit the written for the record. And I think everybody understands Cuba is a priority for me. Just on the Ukraine front, I'll address it now if it's okay with your time that I could do"
Hearing China’s Economic Espionage and Subnational Influence in the United States
house Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript · 5 transcript matches
SPEAKER_04 "Congressman, I believe you're from southern Florida. Cuba? Congressman, I assume it's the United"
Hearing “Beijing’s Air, Space, and Maritime Surveillance from Cuba: A Growing Threat to the Homeland”
house Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee · May 6, 2025 · Request transcript
Testimony MENENDEZ, ROBERT
The Fiscal Year 2027 Department of Energy Budget.
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Apr 16, 2026
"Well, that's interesting because last summer, President Trump initiated strikes on nuclear facilities in Iran claiming that their program was, quote, totally obliterated and, quote, set back the program for years. So if you agree that there's 960 pounds of uranium enriched and that Iran's nuclear program was totally obliterated, how can those two things be true? Okay, let's talk about Venezuela. The Trump administration has used Venezuela's natural resources to exert control in the western..."
Hearing Latin America After the Fall of Maduro
house Western Hemisphere Subcommittee · Apr 16, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
JACKSON, JONATHAN L. "Chairwoman, in your opening statements, you celebrated the fact that, quote, the Cuban quote, the Cuban regime is on life support. Madam Chairwoman, I would say regime is on life support. that Cuba, I was in Cuba less than a week ago, and that the Cuban people are on life support, not the Cuban government. It's time to abandon a six-decade-old failed policy that inflicts disproportionate harm on the Cuban people. The Trump administration policy towards Cuba is not new. This is now going on the fourth generation of people in our hemisphere, 90 miles off of our shore, that know nothing about..."
Hearing Oversight Hearing – Department of Justice
house Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · Jun 2, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
DIAZ-BALART, MARIO "like putting anti-American regimes like communist Cuba on notice. Threats to our national security should and will not be tolerated. The bill continues strong support for democracy programs for the people of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, and calls on European partners seeking support for Ukraine to stand for freedom and democracy in the Western Hemisphere as well, especially in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. One of the State Department's facilities in Argentina that we visited last week displays a plaque that reads the following, it says the"
Hearing Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and the Path Ahead
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
SMITH, CHRISTOPHER H. "and so many other important postings. Havana, Cuba, as the chief of mission. A wealth of experience and not just knowledge, but a wisdom, and I want to thank you for that tremendous leadership you have shown over so many years, and welcome to you, Colonel, as"
Testimony JACKSON, JONATHAN L.
Latin America After the Fall of Maduro
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Apr 16, 2026
"Chairwoman, in your opening statements, you celebrated the fact that, quote, the Cuban quote, the Cuban regime is on life support. Madam Chairwoman, I would say regime is on life support. that Cuba, I was in Cuba less than a week ago, and that the Cuban people are on life support, not the Cuban government. It's time to abandon a six-decade-old failed policy that inflicts disproportionate harm on the Cuban people. The Trump administration policy towards Cuba is not new. This is now going on the..."
Testimony COTTON, TOM
Hearings to examine the posture of United States Northern Command and ...
senate Armed Services Committee · Mar 19, 2026
"Thank you, gentlemen, for your appearance and for your service. General Donovan, I want to turn to the question of Cuba. I understand that you may not be actively rehearsing an invasion of Cuba, but surely we have plans to deal with any contingency related to Cuba. I mean, there's a vast cadre, thousands of majors and cardinals just sitting around the Pentagon making plans for every possible contingency in the"
CRS Report
U.S. Cuba Policy: Recent Developments and the 119th Congress
Posts · Feb 6, 2025
U.S.-Cuba policy has been a focus of both presidential and congressional attention in the early weeks of 2025. On January 14, 2025, President Biden issued several executive actions modifying U.S....
CRS Report
U.S. Policy Toward Cuba: Recent Developments and Congressional Considerations
Legal Sidebar · Feb 3, 2026
On January 29, 2026, President Trump issued an executive order (E.O.) stating that, effective January 30, “the policies, practices, and actions of the Government of Cuba constitute an unusual and...
Hearing Hearings to examine the President's 2026 trade policy agenda.
senate Finance Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
DAINES, STEVE "It's bipartisan. But the remaining countries would be Cuba, Belarus, and North Korea. And this is the embarrassing part of the Jackson-Vanden provision. We have these countries that are working closely with us now in Central Asia and South Caucasus, and yet they're in the same list as North Korea, Cuba, and"
Testimony CASTRO, JOAQUIN
Latin America After the Fall of Maduro
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Apr 16, 2026
"and also who benefits. the Western Hemisphere facing credible threats of U.S. invasion under President Trump. The president has threatened Panama, Mexico, Canada, Greenland, and most urgently, Cuba. And I have no illusions about the nature of Cuba's government, but I do want to say for the record that I suspect after the war in Iran and the embarrassment that the president has suffered, that the president of the United States will likely try to overthrow the Cuban government for what he would..."
Testimony CASTRO, JOAQUIN
Latin America After the Fall of Maduro
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Apr 16, 2026
"the stories I've heard say that they're still living an antiquated life in many ways from decades past. And what we're doing right now is making that life, as hard as it was, even harsher. And I do have some questions for you because I believe there is an ongoing negotiation. President Trump on February 2nd said that the United States is negotiating with the highest people in Cuba, that was a quote, to secure regime change in Cuba. In early March, Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel said that Cuban..."
Testimony CASTRO, JOAQUIN
Latin America After the Fall of Maduro
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Apr 16, 2026
"like the Chavistas continue to run Venezuela? What role do you expect the Communist Party of Cuba and members of the Castro family to play in Cuba's political transition? In other words, in Venezuela, Maduro was overthrown, but Delsa Rodriguez stayed in place. So is that the goal here in"
Testimony SHAHEEN, JEANNE
Hearings to examine the posture of United States Northern Command and ...
senate Armed Services Committee · Mar 19, 2026
"cabinet level and from senior military leaders that there were no plans to conduct regime change. And yet, come to find out, the military was in the process of conducting rehearsals to remove Nicolas Maduro from power. So, General Donovan, now we're hearing President Trump make several comments about his intent to remove from power of the current president of Cuba to own Cuba. And while both Cuba and Venezuela are repressive regimes, and I don't have any sympathy for their leadership, they pose..."
Testimony GENERAL FRANCIS DONOVAN
Hearings to examine the posture of United States Northern Command and ...
senate Armed Services Committee · Mar 19, 2026
"We would follow either at sea or primarily ashore, Guantanamo Bay, where we would set up a camp to deal with those migrants or any overflow from any situation in Cuba itself. Otherwise, my other core task is to protect the embassy, which we are in contact with the embassy every single day. We had the CDA, the charge d'affaires Hammer, in my office about a week ago, and we talked about what he thought was going to happen in Cuba, and so we're very much aligned with the diplomats there. That's my..."
Testimony GENERAL FRANCIS DONOVAN
Hearings to examine the posture of United States Northern Command and ...
senate Armed Services Committee · Mar 19, 2026
"I'll let you know. I know what we are prepared for if migrants come in. I don't have the base structure and what we have down there right now. Chairman, we haven't seen an active resupply of Russians coming to the aid of Cuba from a military perspective. I saw a news article about that. What we're tracking right now is one destroyer with an accompanying oiler, a replenishment ship heading towards Cuba on a port call. I believe that oiler is just supporting that ship moving there. I don't think..."
Testimony HIRONO, MAZIE K.
Hearings to examine the posture of United States Northern Command and ...
senate Armed Services Committee · Mar 19, 2026
"The picture I'm painting, and I don't want to get into an argument with you about this, General, but I do think that you're already there and therefore you're paying attention to what's going on there. It doesn't seem as though it would take very long for us to execute any kind of a plan there. Southern Command has previously worked with USAID on humanitarian aid to Cuba, and now that this aid has been cut, has that not really made the humanitarian aspects of what you're doing with regard to..."
Testimony BANKS, JIM
Hearings to examine the posture of United States Northern Command and ...
senate Armed Services Committee · Mar 19, 2026
"It sounds like Denmark and Greenland are willing to give us that. They've been very, very supportive partners. There's been a lot of noise about this, a lot of politics about Greenland, but it sounds like these negotiations are productive and could lead to a place that Thank you. General Donovan, can you talk more about – Senator Kaine was talking about the – what some of us would call the Trump corollary to the Monroe Doctrine and what that means to the national security strategy, and..."
Testimony SARAH B. ROGERS
Hearings to examine the nominations of Sarah B. Rogers, of New York, t...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 30, 2026
"So both Chinese and Iranian influence operations skew especially noticeably towards this kind of leftist anti-colonial ideology. By the way, so does Cuba. Our recent Cuba report, very strong on this. Russia, I would say- Well, maybe with OCB's help, we make Cuba a nicer place for Cubans to return"
Testimony SPEAKER_11
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"a measurable difference in 65 years of the policy we've had? So Secretary Rubio, just a few hours ago, said the goal is to have a Cuba where people of Cuba can experience prosperity, safety, security, and a better life moving forward. I just got back from there 10 days ago. I've been there 30 years ago. I was there three and a half years ago at an official delegation, and I was there with a nonprofit most"
Testimony JAYAPAL, PRAMILA
More Bang for the Buck: Aligning Commercial Diplomacy Between State an...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"gentlelady from Washington, Representative Jayapar. Thank you so much Assistant Secretary Orr, in your role you cover a portfolio that includes U.S. sanctions tied to U.S. policy goals and so I want to talk about Cuba. This June the State Department imposed sanctions on Cuba's state-owned oil company while also blocking the delivery of fuel to the island. This was on top of a crushing decades-long embargo that has made food scarce on the island and made it difficult to import medicines, medical..."
Testimony JAYAPAL, PRAMILA
More Bang for the Buck: Aligning Commercial Diplomacy Between State an...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"collective punishment? Do you know? In the Geneva Convention? The Cuban regime is the one that is punishing its people. What is the definition? Obviously you don't know, so let me tell you what it is. No protected person may be punished for an offense he or she has not personally committed. And Mr. Orr, that is exactly what this embargo is intended to be. It's a form of collective punishment. Ahead of the United States placing its embargo on Cuba in 1962, a classified State Department memo..."
Testimony MOSKOWITZ, JARED
More Bang for the Buck: Aligning Commercial Diplomacy Between State an...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Missouri, Chairman Huizinga. It's Michigan, Madam Chair, but that's okay. By definition, in international humanitarian law, protected persons primarily refer to civilians, wounded or sick combatants, prisoners of war, and medical or religious personnel who fall into the hands of an enemy party during an international armed conflict. They are entitled to humane treatment and immunity from deliberate attack. She's gone. Okay. Well, apparently she didn't want to know what a protected persons was..."
Testimony LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA
H.R. 139 – Sunshine Protection Act of 2025; H.R. 8595 – National Secur...
house Rules Committee · Jul 13, 2026
"Madam Chair, I have an amendment to the rule. I move the committee make in order amendment number 167 to H.R. 8595, offered by myself, which requires a report detailing the impacts of United States policies on the health system in Cuba and requires the Secretary of State to provide recommendations to ensure that United States policies are implemented in a timely manner. Madam Chair, I just came back from a trip to Cuba where we met with the people of Cuba, And what we are doing to Cuba is..."
Testimony SPEAKER_00
Hearings to examine the nominations of Juan Segura, of Virginia, to be...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jun 18, 2026
"to disparage the work we've done, Alvaro would tell you that every single thing they've asked for in the effort to get news into the island of Cuba that I have provided or given him or made access to so that they could be incredible journalists covering what's happening in Cuba so that the Cuban people can hear it. The same goes for Iran as well. We're putting in an exceptional product into"
Testimony SPEAKER_45
Department of State FY 2027 Budget Request: A Commitment to America Fi...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"I mean, it doesn't ring a bell off the top. Well, I also didn't mention Cuba because I literally hand-wrote what I was going to say to you guys, and I told you I was going to submit the written for the record. And I think everybody understands Cuba is a priority for me. Just on the Ukraine front, I'll address it now if it's okay with your time that I could do"
Testimony PERRY, SCOTT
Department of State FY 2027 Budget Request: A Commitment to America Fi...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"of a proposed timeline for completion of that pipeline is? Yeah, I'm aware of those lower the cost for everybody, which is great. Secretary, just moving on, you're of Cuban descent, I'm of Colombian descent. Can you describe, and Cuba has been a sore... Are you really Colombian? I didn't know that. Yes, indeed. So, but Cuba has been sowing the seeds of discord in our hemisphere, inviting China, Russia, North Korea, all manner of communist, oligarch, bad actors into the hemisphere. If you can..."
Testimony MOSKOWITZ, JARED
Department of State FY 2027 Budget Request: A Commitment to America Fi...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"Why is it, do you think? And is it the Chinese again that, you know, the algorithm is full of what's going on in the Middle East, but the Ukraine-Russia war, nothing, no images, no stories about the hundreds of thousands of people that are dead? strikes into Cuba. And I don't want to cut you off, Mr. Chairman. I only have, I mean, Mr. Secretary, I only have nine seconds. Cuba, real quick. Thank you guys for indicting Raul Castro. I wish it would have happened years ago. The Cuban people deserve..."
Testimony SALAZAR, MARIA ELVIRA
Department of State FY 2027 Budget Request: A Commitment to America Fi...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"power to ensure that that happens. Thank you, Chairman and Ranking Member Meeks. Yes. Mr. Secretary, I just want to continue with Cuba to see if we can finish your thoughts on it. As you were saying, guys, I control 70 percent of everything, the resources in Cuba. We know the Castro family is the one in charge of that military mafia. Is there any way that we could find another Del Cee No. 2, following the same example that we have in Venezuela, where we removed Maduro because the grand jury..."
Testimony SPEAKER_45
Department of State FY 2027 Budget Request: A Commitment to America Fi...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"We've historically seen some of it as well from Russia historically in the past in a different way. I think you're starting to see some of it from Cuba, and I think some of these are linked with one another. In fact, that group that you just mentioned actually traveled to Cuba, stayed at a very fancy and expensive hotel that is sanctioned, and I think are now being looked at by appropriate officials to see if they violated U.S. law in the trips that they're taking. But there's no doubt that..."
Testimony DIAZ-BALART, MARIO
Oversight Hearing – Department of Justice
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 2, 2026
"like putting anti-American regimes like communist Cuba on notice. Threats to our national security should and will not be tolerated. The bill continues strong support for democracy programs for the people of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, and calls on European partners seeking support for Ukraine to stand for freedom and democracy in the Western Hemisphere as well, especially in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. One of the State Department's facilities in Argentina that we visited last week..."
Testimony MARCO RUBIO
Oversight Hearing – Department of Justice
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 2, 2026
"I feel like we have made dramatic improvements in the way American foreign assistance is delivered across the world. But we're able to do it now not just in a targeted way, but in a more effective way in which it's not simply being judged by how much money you're spending. It's being judged by what results are you getting from it. And there'll be more to talk about in the field of PEPFAR and otherwise if you want to ask about those. I'll find a way to work it in. But I don't want to take any..."
Testimony MARCO RUBIO
Oversight Hearing – Department of Justice
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 2, 2026
"Well, I think the fundamental threat is that they are a—first of all, thanks for your nice comments. They should give you more time, too. I would say that Cuba is—two things about Cuba. Number one is it's a failed state. I mean, it really is. I mean, the model that they have economic will never work. And it will never work because the country is no longer even controlled by the government there. I mean, the people are under the control of the government. But the country is under the control of..."
Testimony MARCO RUBIO
Oversight Hearing – Department of Justice
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 2, 2026
"The products wind up on the shelves of the dollar stores controlled by the conglomerate that I just outlined. We know that for a fact. You see the same products, but we've delivered humanitarian aid in Cuba through this mechanism. Three million dollars after the hurricane that went directly to the Cuban people. In many cases, we wish we had six million destined, but only three million has been distributed, unfortunately, because they've impeded some of it. And all of it marked with a gift from..."
CRS Report
Naval Station Guantanamo Bay: History and Legal Issues Regarding Its Lease Agreements
Reports · Aug 1, 2022
This report briefly outlines the history of the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, its changing relationship to the surrounding community, and its heightened importance due to military...
Hearing The Fiscal Year 2027 Department of Energy Budget.
house Energy Subcommittee · Apr 16, 2026 · Transcript
MENENDEZ, ROBERT "Well, that's interesting because last summer, President Trump initiated strikes on nuclear facilities in Iran claiming that their program was, quote, totally obliterated and, quote, set back the program for years. So if you agree that there's 960 pounds of uranium enriched and that Iran's nuclear program was totally obliterated, how can those two things be true? Okay, let's talk about Venezuela. The Trump administration has used Venezuela's natural resources to exert control in the western hemisphere, including by cutting off the supply of oil to Cuba. Now Cuba has plunged into an energy..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Juan Segura, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Western Hemisphere Affairs) and to be a...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jun 18, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_00 "to disparage the work we've done, Alvaro would tell you that every single thing they've asked for in the effort to get news into the island of Cuba that I have provided or given him or made access to so that they could be incredible journalists covering what's happening in Cuba so that the Cuban people can hear it. The same goes for Iran as well. We're putting in an exceptional product into"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Peter McCoy, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to Montenegro, Daniel Travis, of California, a Career...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Aug 5, 2026 · Transcript
SCOTT, RICK "I think I'm supposed to recognize myself. But first off, I just want to, what Senator Kaine said is a pretty big deal. We've got to figure out how to build these relationships better. And I want to recognize both Senator Shaheen and Senator Kaine, because they both of them care about Latin America, and they put a lot of effort into it. And, you know, I think as we all think about this, we have a lot of opportunities right now, but there's a lot of challenges in Latin America. And part of it is we've just got to keep figuring out how it's a win-win in all these countries, from Brazil to..."
Hearing H.R. 9772, H.R. 9771, H.R. 9721, and H.R. 9722
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
MALLIOTAKIS, NICOLE "Under current law, foreign nationals are prohibited from donating directly to political committees, but there are no restrictions preventing those same foreign nationals, including those from adversarial nations, such as China, Cuba, Russia, and Iran, from funneling money through tax-exempt organizations that then transfer funds to political committees, including super PACs that are involved in our elections. This is a significant loophole, and my legislation, H.R. 9771, closes it in a straightforward and targeted"
Hearing H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subcommittee Assignments
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript
UNKNOWN "It's especially sickening that in many cases, people are forced to leave their countries partly because of our policies of our government. We cut off food, medicine, and energy to civilian populations, as in Syria and Venezuela, Iran and Cuba. We fund war and mass destruction, like in Gaza and Iran. We overthrow a government and occupy countries like"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Jules Hurst III, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary (Comptroller), Richard O'Malley, of Wisconsin, to be a...
senate Armed Services Committee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript
ERNST, JONI "The fiscal year 27 budget request was actually built before we started engaging in Epic Fury, before we had an oil blockade on Cuba. So we have these additional issues that are pressing upon our department, and yet we're trying to manage those ongoing operations with the new operations that we have in the Middle East and the"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Barbera Thornhill, of North Carolina, to be Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, with...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_00 "If confirmed, I look forward to continuing our strong cooperation on these issues. Lithuania shares U.S. concerns about China's strategic alignment with malign actors and pattern of economic coercion, especially in Europe. It is outspoken in the EU and elsewhere about Western Hemisphere issues, including human rights abuses of Cuba's regime. And Lithuania is a friend of"
CRS Report
U.S. Sanctions Policy in the 119th Congress: Recent Executive Actions and Legislative Implications
Resources · Feb 3, 2025
Through a series of executive actions in January 2025, President Donald Trump has ordered changes to several U.S. sanctions programs. The 119th Congress may seek to influence future executive actions...
CRS Report
Immigration Options for Immigration Parolees
Reports · Aug 17, 2023
Since 2021, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has granted immigration parole through special initiatives to more than 350,000 persons from Afghanistan, Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Ukraine, and...
CRS Report
Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act: Eligibility and Funding
InFocus · Nov 25, 2025
Since 1996, the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1602-11) has authorized U.S. courts to order designated state sponsors of terrorism—namely, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Syria and...
CRS Report
U.S. Agency for Global Media: Background, Governance, and Issues for Congress
Reports · Nov 17, 2021
Since the beginning of modern U.S. international broadcasting during World War II, debates over the effectiveness, strategic direction, and necessity of broadcasting activities have persisted....
CRS Report
What Is Affirmative Asylum?
Reports · Oct 24, 2024
Foreign nationals in the United States who are not in removal proceedings may apply to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for...
CRS Report
The Jackson-Vanik Amendment and Permanent Normal Trade Relations
Resources · Dec 20, 2023
Overview Section 402 of the Trade Act of 1974 (“the Act,” 19 U.S.C. § 2432), commonly known as the Jackson-Vanik amendment, denies normal trade relations (NTR) status to some current and former...
CRS Report
The Political Question Doctrine: Foreign Affairs as a Political Question (Part 4)
Posts · Jun 14, 2022
This Legal Sidebar is the fourth in a six-part series that discusses the Supreme Court’s political question doctrine, which instructs that federal courts should forbear from resolving questions when...
CRS Report
Due Process Rights for Guantanamo Detainees
Posts · Nov 2, 2021
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) granted a petition for rehearing en banc in Al Hela v. Biden, vacating a three-judge panel opinion holding that...
Testimony SARAH B. ROGERS
Hearings to examine the nominations of Sarah B. Rogers, of New York, t...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 30, 2026
"Before entering public service, I spent my career as an attorney fighting for the First Amendment. I took that fight all the way to the Supreme Court and remained devoted to that cause while in office. Like I said in my opening testimony last time, freedom of speech isn't just America's most famous freedom. It's our number one strength, and USAGM helps champion free speech and freedom of the press worldwide. In my current role as Undersecretary, I oversee a $1 billion budget and I lead a..."
Testimony SARAH B. ROGERS
Hearings to examine the nominations of Sarah B. Rogers, of New York, t...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 30, 2026
"no more and no less. That means we must reach audiences in strategically significant places, like Cuba and the Middle East, where censorship impedes our foreign policy. If confirmed, my first priority will be to stabilize the agency, strengthen its leadership, modernize its operations, and restore research capacity so we can actually measure reach and"
Testimony SARAH B. ROGERS
Hearings to examine the nominations of Sarah B. Rogers, of New York, t...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 30, 2026
"We have to be operating in Asia. We have to be operating in Cuba. And then there's Radio Free Europe and obviously Radio Free Europe is really one of the crown jewels of Cold War soft"
Testimony SARAH B. ROGERS
Hearings to examine the nominations of Sarah B. Rogers, of New York, t...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 30, 2026
"So I would, as I have in my role as R with my Limitless Africa podcast and Young African Leaders program, explore some careful tactical resuscitation of resources there. But otherwise, I think, you know, Cuba, huge focus, obviously. We can't have communism in our hemisphere. Asia, huge"
Testimony SARAH B. ROGERS
Hearings to examine the nominations of Sarah B. Rogers, of New York, t...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 30, 2026
"Yes, I will. I will deploy the appropriated resources. Senator, when I said I didn't see Hungary as a place we needed to be broadcasting, I just mean that Hungary is the kind of environment, it's not like North Korea or Cuba, right? If taxpayers are paying to help people in the most deprived, most censored societies get information, Hungary is not one of those. I also think broadcasting in an allied country is an interesting proposition. I wouldn't want to start broadcasting in Britain or..."
Testimony VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS
Hearings to examine the nominations of Sarah B. Rogers, of New York, t...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 30, 2026
"That same, I would think, is true for Latin America. I mean, I know the Cuban broadcasting services is up and running, and there are lots of resources dedicated to Cuba, but Latin America is a very big country. The New Yorker has a story today entitled, How Donald Trump Silenced the Voice of America, and they talk about the situation you referenced"
Testimony KAINE, TIM
Hearings to examine the nominations of Sarah B. Rogers, of New York, t...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 30, 2026
"There's a lot of expertise in that group of employees, and as you point out, the last thing you would want to do as a CEO is pay people not to work, and I think we should try to get folks back to work. In particular, on Latin America, you commented favorably to my colleague's question about whether we should have services there. One area I really agree with the Trump administration, and I'm not hesitant when saying I don't agree, but in the national security strategy, and more generally,..."
Testimony WILSON, JOE
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Additionally, I'm really concerned that to assist you, I've addressed a letter to you and Secretary Hicks. These bureaucrats have called for the arrest of President Donald Trump and Secretary Hicks. They have called for minimize they have minimized Hamas atrocities, dismissing murderous rapes that claiming they didn't occur. Additionally, they have questioned democracy while visiting Tehran and praising Havana, Cuba. With that in mind, I'd like to submit the letter for the record. Not..."
Testimony JACKSON, JONATHAN L.
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"and countries, companies that have investments in Africa that want to do job retreats cannot get their employees to come over here. So it's excluding us from a nation. Let me ask you with Cuba. Would you say we are at war with Cuba in your definition? Would you say we are at war with Cuba in your"
Testimony SPEAKER_20
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"That is literally Cuban propaganda. There is no blockade on Cuba. Are humanitarian waivers that the administration has put in"
Testimony JACKSON, JONATHAN L.
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"I would appreciate if you just simply were to answer the question. Last question regarding the Middle East. Cuba is failing because of communism and the corruption of its regime. Do you deal specifically with Secretary Rubio? Or do you take advice from Mr. Jared Kushner and Mr."
Testimony SPEAKER_11
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Thank you. Have you ever been to Cuba? You have not, okay. No. Did you get a chance to read the report that came out this week from the State Department on Cuba, 95 pages? You have not, okay. No. Did you get a chance to read the report that came out this week from the State Department on Cuba, 95 pages? Can you explain to me, on July 7th, there was a vote in the UN to continue debate about the U.S. blockade of Cuba, why are we afraid to have that debate if there's so much information we want to..."
Testimony SPEAKER_11
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"that this report claims to have, that would be a great venue to have that. I guess my question is, it's been over 65 years. It uses the UN for its propaganda, that's what we opposed. Yeah, no, thank you. It's been over 65 years that we've had, essentially, this blockade, this embargo on Cuba, and have we moved closer to a"
Testimony SPEAKER_11
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"No, this is a blockade of fuel, of medicine, of food, of supplies. Even in war, we allow medical supplies to go through. We don't allow medical supplies to go through to Cuba. So my question"
Testimony SPEAKER_11
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"But I would like 30 seconds at the end. Well, considering you've never been to Cuba, I'm not gonna take your advice on where to go. Four seconds, but okay. I know, but considering, I mean, you've never been there, I'm not gonna tell you how to groom your hair, because I can't give good advice on that. I don't think I need your advice at Cuba. Are we going to have a military action against Cuba? It seems like that's what this report is setting up. Marco Rubio, who's never been to Cuba, so many..."
Testimony SPEAKER_20
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"but I would hope that you would not allow your visits to be used for Cuban regime propaganda that has oppressed and massacred people. His entire family is from Cuba and fled the regime. I think we have to be incredibly careful, and I have been in touch with a number of leaders of our private sector, our Office of Science and Technology Policy, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Treasury, on efforts within the U.N. towards AI governance that are not in line with our values and that would hinder..."
Testimony SPEAKER_20
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"We are actively looking at working with the Turkish government on how to shut that funding source down. Thank you. with us? And thanks again. Well, thank you for that. And as you know, the Cuban regime has used the United Nations for far too long for its propaganda to see other countries repeating that propaganda about a blockade, as though there's a U.S. Navy fleet around Cuba stopping things from coming and going. Heck, we just listened to Representative Pocan here repeating that propaganda..."
Testimony SPEAKER_20
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"we have a horrific situation in Haiti. I hope this new hybrid model will work to save the Haitian people from the devastation of the gangs. But there is a positive trajectory that's going on. And of course, I know you'll want to talk about Venezuela and Nicaragua as well. Well, what they're no longer getting is free energy and oil from Russia. And like Cuba, they're no longer getting the hundreds of thousands of barrels of free oil from Venezuela. That's the story of the blackouts in Cuba. And..."
Testimony SALAZAR, MARIA ELVIRA
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Daniel Ortega said yesterday that clearly and openly that he was not planning on conducting any more free and fair elections in Nicaragua. He said it openly that he is going to become another dictator. What can we do to the Nicaraguans? We also have hundreds of thousands of Nicaraguans in District 27 in Miami, all over the United States that love the system. So what can we do so they can have a free country? What can we do to force Ortega to change his position and feel the pressure from the..."
Testimony JAYAPAL, PRAMILA
More Bang for the Buck: Aligning Commercial Diplomacy Between State an...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"cannot get an incubator, can't get a ventilator. Doctors and nurses are holding up cell phones and using the light of their cell phones as they perform major surgeries. This is not the way to go about diplomacy. There should be a negotiated agreement between the United States and the Cuban government. And I have met with dissidents. I have met with the president. I have met with people across the political spectrum. What everyone agrees on is that the collective punishment of the Cuban people..."
Testimony LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA
H.R. 139 – Sunshine Protection Act of 2025; H.R. 8595 – National Secur...
house Rules Committee · Jul 13, 2026
"Now, we might say in the State Department has said, oh, no, we're not blocking that. But the reality is we are blocking that medical equipment. Cuba has faced shortages before. And so they know how to make lots of medicines. But they can't get basically the basic goods that you would need to make those medicines in because we have completely blockaded and prevented other countries from being able to send anything"
Testimony LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA
H.R. 139 – Sunshine Protection Act of 2025; H.R. 8595 – National Secur...
house Rules Committee · Jul 13, 2026
"doctors to cry and to abandon all hope because they cannot provide health care to their patients. So that's the intent of this resolution is let's ask the State Department. Come before us, tell us what are our policies doing to Cuba and what are ways to the Cuban health care system because it's the people that this is aimed at, the patients, not the government. You know, leave all that aside. But what about the"
Testimony LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA
H.R. 139 – Sunshine Protection Act of 2025; H.R. 8595 – National Secur...
house Rules Committee · Jul 13, 2026
"limitations on countries that welcome Cuban medical professionals. Madam Chair, Cuba has decided, as one of its policies, to train medical professionals. And they train medical professionals from many, many other countries. It is one of its priorities. We met with people from other countries, Latin American countries, who had been trained there, who became doctors because they were able to go from their country, which didn't have those resources, to train in Cuba. And then Cuba sends these..."
Testimony LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA
H.R. 139 – Sunshine Protection Act of 2025; H.R. 8595 – National Secur...
house Rules Committee · Jul 13, 2026
"These are not terrorists. These are doctors and nurses that go to countries, especially throughout Latin America. And the United States is, it has a provision, and there is a section of this bill, that specifically says, no, another country cannot accept doctors and nurses from Cuba. Why would we deprive countries of doctors and nurses from wherever they may"
Testimony LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA
H.R. 139 – Sunshine Protection Act of 2025; H.R. 8595 – National Secur...
house Rules Committee · Jul 13, 2026
"Seven critical shipments of supplies for newborns, valued at $630,000, were stalled in transit, while the World Food Program said 2,900 metric tons of contracted food aid could not be shipped to Cuba because of limitations. This is the relationship that we should not have any objection to a flow, a free"
Testimony LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA
H.R. 139 – Sunshine Protection Act of 2025; H.R. 8595 – National Secur...
house Rules Committee · Jul 13, 2026
"and our legislation to stop the availability of health care for the people, the people of Cuba, which are related to so many Cuban Americans in the United States. They're related to people in my district. They're their"
Testimony SCOTT, RICK
Hearings to examine the nominations of Peter McCoy, of South Carolina,...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"I think I'm supposed to recognize myself. But first off, I just want to, what Senator Kaine said is a pretty big deal. We've got to figure out how to build these relationships better. And I want to recognize both Senator Shaheen and Senator Kaine, because they both of them care about Latin America, and they put a lot of effort into it. And, you know, I think as we all think about this, we have a lot of opportunities right now, but there's a lot of challenges in Latin America. And part of it is..."
Testimony DAINES, STEVE
Hearings to examine the President's 2026 trade policy agenda.
senate Finance Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"It's bipartisan. But the remaining countries would be Cuba, Belarus, and North Korea. And this is the embarrassing part of the Jackson-Vanden provision. We have these countries that are working closely with us now in Central Asia and South Caucasus, and yet they're in the same list as North Korea, Cuba, and"
Testimony MALLIOTAKIS, NICOLE
H.R. 9772, H.R. 9771, H.R. 9721, and H.R. 9722
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Under current law, foreign nationals are prohibited from donating directly to political committees, but there are no restrictions preventing those same foreign nationals, including those from adversarial nations, such as China, Cuba, Russia, and Iran, from funneling money through tax-exempt organizations that then transfer funds to political committees, including super PACs that are involved in our elections. This is a significant loophole, and my legislation, H.R. 9771, closes it in a..."
Testimony SMITH, CHRISTOPHER H.
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"and so many other important postings. Havana, Cuba, as the chief of mission. A wealth of experience and not just knowledge, but a wisdom, and I want to thank you for that tremendous leadership you have shown over so many years, and welcome to you, Colonel, as"
Testimony WILSON, JOE
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Thank you very much, Chairman Brian Mast, for bringing these tremendous witnesses here today on such an important issue, and in particular, Ambassador Kozak, you're so appreciated with your service in Minsk, Havana, now helping focus on Port-au-Prince. We are all hopeful for fair and free elections in these countries of Belarus, Cuba, and even Haiti. And nobody can accuse you of being sent to luxurious Caribbean operations. With that in mind, too, I'm so grateful for Ranking Member Meeks, who..."
Testimony SALAZAR, MARIA ELVIRA
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"And then decapitate him, since you told me that he is the – barbecuing him, meaning decapitating the head, meaning him, and then the rest of the gang organizations may crumble. Okay. My time is – I just have one more question for you, Mr. Kozak. You know that I sent a letter to you and to Secretary Rubio, basically asking for this shell company called Comercio Dola – whatever – in Cuba. And what they do is that they're the shell company for the Cuban military in charge of human"
Testimony SPEAKER_00
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"states' recommendations about the conditions on the ground in a country to factor in to whether it's appropriate to revoke TPS for a particular nationality. So, I will send that over to you. I'd love to ask you to consider it. Thank you very much. Mr. Kozak, I also, I have strong disagreements shifting gears here with this administration, but I want to highlight something important that the State Department did do last week. For the past three years, I've advocated for the release of Cuban..."
Testimony UNKNOWN
H.R. 9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act and Ratification of Subco...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"It's especially sickening that in many cases, people are forced to leave their countries partly because of our policies of our government. We cut off food, medicine, and energy to civilian populations, as in Syria and Venezuela, Iran and Cuba. We fund war and mass destruction, like in Gaza and Iran. We overthrow a government and occupy countries like"
Testimony CURTIS, JOHN R.
Hearings to examine the national security strategy and the western hem...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"natural resource surveillance, technology, and diplomatic pressure. Russia has used Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua to project influence and challenge U.S. interests from within the hemisphere. Iran and its proxies have also sought footholds through malign networks and anti-American"
Testimony THE HONORABLE MICHAEL KOZAK
Hearings to examine the national security strategy and the western hem...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"The President's executive order targets the Cuban regime, its security apparatus, and its grip on the economy, not the people of Cuba. On May 20, Raul Castro was finally indicted for his role in the 1996 murder of three U.S. July 11 marked the five-year anniversary of widespread protests in Cuba. Cuba must make immediate economic and political reforms that will allow it to reemerge as a productive and responsible member of the Western"
Testimony SCOTT, RICK
Hearings to examine the national security strategy and the western hem...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"is just going to wait out the Trump administration and nothing's ever going to happen. So that's the perception. It doesn't mean it's reality. That's the perception. So what should I tell the Venezuelan community in my state? So, thank you. Let's talk about Cuba for a second. Yes,"
Testimony THE HONORABLE MICHAEL KOZAK
Hearings to examine the national security strategy and the western hem...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"That regime was able to survive for years because the Soviets gave them free stuff, largely oil. They've been able to survive for the last 20 years because Venezuela was giving them oil, which, by the way, something like 40 to 60 percent of the oil that they were getting from Venezuela, they weren't using it to power generators or do things in Cuba. They were selling it to China and other places and using the hard currency they got from that to line their pockets. So, they've been able to..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE MICHAEL KOZAK
Hearings to examine the national security strategy and the western hem...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"We've said, you know, this is like trying to help somebody stop smoking. And when you see them suffering, you don't hand them a cigarette. So, don't give them a little bit of help that will only help them push off the decision. That bureaucracy in Cuba was designed to never make any change unless Fidel Castro told them to. And they're having a really hard time. I think some of them realize the changes they need to make, but they're having a hard time getting from here to there just because of..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE MICHAEL KOZAK
Hearings to examine the national security strategy and the western hem...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Trust but verify, we're going to keep looking at that. We've also had some great successes recently and I think more to come in getting countries to just say enough of this, we're not going to do this anymore. It's not that they're getting aid from Cuba with the doctors. They're paying huge amounts of money to Cuba. They're paying huge amounts of money to"
Testimony THE HONORABLE MICHAEL KOZAK
Hearings to examine the national security strategy and the western hem...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"We've gotten a number of countries now to just break with it, and countries are either hiring directly Cuban doctors. Some cases, the doctors decide they want to leave Cuba, they'll live in the country they were assigned to, get paid directly, not going through the regime. Other places, people are hiring doctors from Ghana and other parts of the world that can come and make up for their"
Testimony THE HONORABLE MICHAEL KOZAK
Hearings to examine the national security strategy and the western hem...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"into not recognizing Taiwan or dealing with it. I don't, but I think that what's been clear from the beginning is we've made clear what would be denied so people don't ask for that. We say, you know, no payments to Cuba, no payments to Iran, no payments to Russia, no payments to your Swiss bank accounts, no payments to narco"
Testimony ERNST, JONI
Hearings to examine the nominations of Jules Hurst III, of Virginia, t...
senate Armed Services Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"The fiscal year 27 budget request was actually built before we started engaging in Epic Fury, before we had an oil blockade on Cuba. So we have these additional issues that are pressing upon our department, and yet we're trying to manage those ongoing operations with the new operations that we have in the Middle East and the"
Testimony SPEAKER_00
Hearings to examine the nominations of Barbera Thornhill, of North Car...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"If confirmed, I look forward to continuing our strong cooperation on these issues. Lithuania shares U.S. concerns about China's strategic alignment with malign actors and pattern of economic coercion, especially in Europe. It is outspoken in the EU and elsewhere about Western Hemisphere issues, including human rights abuses of Cuba's regime. And Lithuania is a friend of"
Testimony SPEAKER_04
China’s Economic Espionage and Subnational Influence in the United Sta...
house Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party · Jun 25, 2026
"Congressman, I believe you're from southern Florida. Cuba? Congressman, I assume it's the United"
Testimony SPEAKER_11
China’s Economic Espionage and Subnational Influence in the United Sta...
house Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party · Jun 25, 2026
"No. But you know where I was born? I was born in Cuba. You know, I came here when I was seven. And I stayed six years in, six and a half, almost seven years in Cuba. I am certainly not loyal to the Communist Party of"
Testimony SPEAKER_11
China’s Economic Espionage and Subnational Influence in the United Sta...
house Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party · Jun 25, 2026
"So I don't want America to be that. But I understand the reasoning that, hey, we may have to look at those folks that have been spending all their life in China that may have American citizenship, maybe a little bit different, maybe, okay? Because it's just, I can see myself, all right? Like I said, I'm loyal to the United States of America. I'm not loyal to Cuba, even though I was born there and stayed seven years there. Going off that, I believe that there's a pattern that's developing of..."
CRS Report
U.S. Sanctions: Overview for the 119th Congress
Resources · Sep 4, 2025
Introduction Economic sanctions represent a constellation of coercive measures imposed for foreign policy or national security reasons. They may be imposed unilaterally or multilaterally against a...
CRS Report
Statistics on Women in National Governments Around the World
Report · May 7, 2026
Women and girls make up half of the world’s population. However, in most countries, women are underrepresented in the political process at the national level. As this report shows, on April 1, 2026,...
CRS Report
Comparison of Rights in Military Commission Trials and Trials in Federal Criminal Court
Reports · Mar 21, 2014
The renewal of military commission proceedings against Khalid Sheik Mohammad and four others for their alleged involvement in the 9/11 terrorist attacks has focused renewed attention on the...