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Mark Pocan: “The United States blockade of Cuba is crushing the Cuban…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Rep. Pocan Floor Speech on Cuba

Published | Video Starts at 00:10

I just got back from a fact finding trip to Cuba a week ago after having visited the country 30 years ago and three and a half years ago as well. Let me tell you what I found on this trip. The United States blockade of Cuba is crushing the Cuban people. We are hurting the very people we profess to care about. And we are not doing so for national security reasons, but for political reasons. Here's what I saw. (00:10–00:15)

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Asserts that the U.S. blockade is severely impacting the Cuban population.

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