7 Members Of Congress Visit Cuba

7 Members Of Congress Visit Cuba
ALEXA SANTRY
10:36 AM 02/15/2016

7 members of the U.S. Congress visited Cuba Saturday and are set to
return Tuesday.

The delegation includes Representatives Kathy Castor , John Garamendi ,
Paul Gosar , Tom Emmer , Brendan Boyle , Alan Lowenthal and Mike Bishop
, according to John Kavulich, President of the U.S.- Cuba Trade and
Economic Council.

Of the 7 congressmen, none of the representatives posted about the visit
on their house.gov page, and only Castor and Emmer were publicly
recognized as participating in the trip.

Castor said about the visit, "We intend to meet with small business
owners and entrepreneurs to gain a better understanding of how the
changes in the Cuban economy are working," Florida Politics reports.

Castor, a Democrat, has been identified as the leader of the Cuba trip.
Following her previous visit in 2013, Castor called for an end to the
economic sanctions against the country, making her the first lawmaker to
do so.

Since her 2013 visit, Castor has been working with the Obama
administration to restore the relationship between the countries.

Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar is less optimistic about the repaired
relationships, stating that he does not believe there have been any
positive human rights changes since Obama called for the diplomatic
restoration.

While Gosar did not acknowledge on his house.gov page that he was
visiting Cuba, he did write Friday, "Imagine the frustration of legal
immigrants when President Obama unilaterally normalized relations with
Cuba last year but refused to end provisions from the 1966 Cuban
Adjustment Act which grant instant amnesty to Cubans who set foot on
American soil."


Gosar thinks Cuban immigrants receive special treatment from the U.S.
government and questioned, "why would we still treat immigrants from
that nation any different than those from other countries?"

The group has not disclosed how the trip's expenses are being paid for.

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