HRES 868
116th Congress
House
International Affairs
Caribbean area
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Cuba
Detention of persons
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Human rights
Latin America
Members of Congress
Political movements and philosophies
Protest and dissent
Senate
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Vermont
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
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Feb 27, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Feb 27, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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.
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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