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People in Cuba are victims.
The Cold War has ended for America.
My grandfather died under house arrest.
Family is more important than ideology.
I will never be done with South Florida.
John Kerry's record on Cuba is pretty bad.
I have Obamacare; trust me - it's not perfect.
There is nothing to regret with a job well done.
What you haven't seen from me are false attacks.
If you give everybody a good government job, there's no crime.
I worked for the Cuban American National Foundation for years.
There is no question that I loved representing the people of South Florida.
Sending $300 to your grandma in Cuba doesn't change the dynamic with Castro.
The poorest guy in Miami lives better than much of the power elite in Havana.
I've got the most beautiful district. I can understand why Republicans want it.
What we did was make it easier for people to subscribe to and expand Obamacare.
Our policies should be to help develop civil society and increase contacts with people.
I've got these high negatives because the Koch brothers have spent a year attacking me.
When you remove just some of the barriers, people do what people do: help their families.
I don't go to Washington to represent the president; I go to represent the people of this district.
There is nothing that I didn't get to do while I was serving in Congress - except be in the majority.
The Democratic voters of the 26th district know me well, and I am confident I will have their support.
I'm have one of the most, if not the most, moderate voting records in Congress in the Florida delegation.
Bush is the Liberace of Cuban politics. He knows how to play us. He says every single thing they want to hear.
More people die on a yearly basis crossing the Florida Straits than ever died trying to cross the Berlin Wall.
We have to be realistic: we are not going to be able to deport 11 million people - most are hard-working people.
The last time the Diaz-Balarts were removed from power, it took a revolution, and we ended up with Fidel Castro.
Scandals, corruption, partisan infighting - no wonder people have lost faith in Congress. I say enough is enough.
We live in the world's greatest democracy; we want for nothing. And that which we want, we can work toward achieving.
You can still do the Big Lie in Miami and get away with it. This is a town where the basic institutions have collapsed.
I want to go back to Congress and get to work on making a real difference for the families and workers of South Florida.
Thousands of people perish in the Straits of Florida every year. We understand it within the context of the Cuban reality.
Right here at home, we have seen what happens when a politician breaks that public trust, when they are dishonest and corrupt.
The Elian events were shocking to Cubans because we were the fair-haired boys of the Cold War. The problem is, the Cold War ended.
We deserve quality jobs that pay a living wage, lower college tuition, action on climate change, and comprehensive immigration reform.
The growth of purposeful travel is a good thing. It can have a positive impact. We should continue to experiment and move along this line.
Fidel Castro had to sit there while he was given a speech on democracy, something the Cuban people have not been able to hear for 43 years.
A day does not go by when I am not in a line at a store or at a McDonald's, and someone will touch my hand, and they will say, 'Thank you.'
I've been a loud voice as a Democratic leader for years, but that's not my job now. My job is to represent fishermen and farmers - everyone.
The Republican Party views Hispanics in terms of market share: Who are they? How do we reach them? Democrats still view us in terms of quotas.
We did great things when we were in Congress, and I want to continue work on the issues that matter to South Florida, because we deserve better.
Visionless status quo policy towards Latin-America, particularly towards Cuba, has turned off a lot of people, and I think it's created an opening.
To help advance democracy, we need to allow for the reunification of Cuban families and the direct sending of remittances to the island's brave dissidents.
When members of this House use inflammatory language, use offensive language, it does not help the process. It is beneath the dignity of this body and this country.
Looking for a job, I was working with the Salvadoran American Foundation, a humanitarian aid group, and from there, I got an offer from the Cuban-American National Foundation.
The people who support Mr. Curbelo's campaign are people who oppose Medicare and Social Security, want to reform it to take it away from our seniors, and oppose a minimum wage.
The Mariel boatlift was probably one of the most strengthening events of the exile community; maybe Nietzschean, in the sense that if it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger.
In undergraduate school, I chose a career path that always leads to certain unemployment: I majored in politics and public affairs with a double-minor in philosophy and history.
It shows courage, and it shows commitment to move beyond the status-quo politics of rhetoric, which is all the Cuban-American community has received from any party for the last half century.
The key here is that we're not going to beat them on commercials: They're always going to have more money than us. So what we have to try to do throughout is just ask people to make sure they vote.