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Ron Johnson: “On a bipartisan fashion, this has been the policy of the…”

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Senator Johnson on Fox News Sunday Discussing US-Cuba Relations

Published | Video Starts at 01:16

But it's not necessarily because it's a bad policy. By the way, it's. The Helms Burton act was actually passed in an overwhelmingly bipartisan fashion and signed by President Clinton. So On a bipartisan fashion, this has been the policy of the United States for 50 years, and Helms Burton is 18 years. And I would argue it's not because it's bad policy. It's because we're trying. We're dealing with very bad and evil people, repressive regime that has backed terrorists around the … (01:16–01:23)

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Asserts that U.S. policy towards Cuba has been bipartisan for 50 years, with Helms Burton in effect for 18 years.

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