Mr. Speaker. distinguished colleagues of the House of Representatives. let me bring to your attention today the fervent contents of the Cuban Declaration of Freedom. first read in Key West. Fla.. land of grieving exile for those thousands upon thousands of heartbroken Cuban refugees who immortalized their suffering and their fervent hopes for freedom in this patriotic document of January 23. 1966. when the cruel and mismanaged tyranny of Fidel Castro was still young in Cuba. tile homeland of their families. Some years ago. when I first introduced a bill to commend this moving and important document embodying the painful desires of an honorable people to be free and democratic in the public conduct of their affairs. I expressed my hope that Congress would respond and adopt this proposal of tile highest principles.
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