In Cuba today there is no freedom and government is by consent of a select few. who rule the masses with an iron fist. Mr. Speaker. the sorrowing Cuban refugees in our country look to us to give them strength. support. and understanding. They have forsaken a government which no human being can live by. Our American experience has enabled us to comprehend the desire of every man to dwell in a sovereign nation. to participate in public affairs and to join with his neighbor in democratically determining his own government. Now is the time for the people of the United States. and for free men all over the world to pledge their support. as did the Cuban refugees in Key West 2 years ago. for true Cuban independence. My close association with the large Cuban community in south Florida has clearly demonstrated to me their sincere and deeprooted love of freedom and their neverending desire to see their homeland free. I think it is fitting that once again the Declaration of Freedom be brought to the attention of our colleagues:
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