I applaud President Obama for successfully negotiating the release of #AlanGross, an American contractor who had been detained in #Cuba for the past five years, and for taking critical steps to normalize U.S.-Cuba relations. I also applaud the negotiated release of a U.S. intelligence agent who had been imprisoned in Cuba for nearly 20 years. This is a historic moment which will take both our countries in a new and more positive direction after over five decades of severed diplomatic relations. American policy toward Cuba since 1961 has left us out of sync with our neighbors in the region, has blocked investment and trade opportunities for U.S. businessmen and farmers, has kept families apart, and has done nothing to change Cuba’s politics. Today, that is all changing, and America is stronger for it. We will be closer to our allies in the region who have been open to Cuba while we have not. Read my full statement here: meeks.house.gov/press-release/us-rep-gregory-w-meeks-statement-regarding-president-s-new-cuba-policy
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 19:46:16 +0000