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Jonathan Jackson: “We first start by opening up a marketplace for 10 million…”

Featuring: Jonathan Jackson, Democratic | U.S. House Illinois, 1st Congressional District

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We Went to Cuba | Rep. Jonathan Jackson | #20

Published | Video Starts at 25:22

But what about the opportunities for Americans? Talk a little bit about all the stuff we saw that, you know, that would benefit Americans if we were to normalize relations. Well, We first start by opening up a marketplace for 10 million people. We also have access to one of the most beautiful preserved islands from an ecological standpoint, from a cultural. It's been frozen in time in the 1940s, 50s. (25:22–25:28)

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