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Condemning the comments of Senator and Democratic Socialist Presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders (I-VT), disregarding the history of systemic human rights abuses, forced indoctrination, and…

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Condemning the comments of Senator and Democratic Socialist Presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders (I-VT), disregarding the history of systemic human rights abuses, forced indoctrination, and authoritarian actions of the literacy and education policies of the Communist Castro dictatorship in Cuba.

Introduced: February 27, 2020 Introduced by: Diaz-Balart, Mario Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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This resolution (1) condemns specified comments by Senator Sanders with respect to Cuba; (2) rejects claims that health care, literacy, and education improved under Fidel Castro; and (3) calls for the respect of all basic human rights for the Cuban people, with whom the House of Representatives stands in solidarity.

What's happening now February 27, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Republican 5
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Crenshaw, Dan
Texas · Mar 3, 2020
 R
Steube, W. Gregory
Florida · Mar 3, 2020
Bucshon, Larry
· Mar 2, 2020
 R
Gooden, Lance
Texas · Mar 2, 2020
Cheney, Liz
· Feb 27, 2020
Gonzalez, Anthony
· Feb 27, 2020
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Feb 27, 2020
 R
Scalise, Steve
Louisiana · Feb 27, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 868: Condemning the comments of Senator and Democratic Socialist Presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders (I-VT), disregarding the history of systemic human rights abuses, forced indoctrination, and authoritarian actions of the literacy and education policies of the Communist Castro dictatorship in Cuba.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-868/
MLA
"H. Res. 868: Condemning the comments of Senator and Democratic Socialist Presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders (I-VT), disregarding the history of systemic human rights abuses, forced indoctrination, and authoritarian actions of the literacy and education policies of the Communist Castro dictatorship in Cuba.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-868/.
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H. Res. 868, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-868/.
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[H. Res. 868: Condemning the comments of Senator and Democratic Socialist Presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders (I-VT), disregarding the history of systemic human rights abuses, forced indoctrination, and authoritarian actions of the literacy and education policies of the Communist Castro dictatorship in Cuba.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-868/)
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