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News Release
MARION BERRY
United States Representative
First District, Arkansas
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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CONTACT: Angela Guyadeen
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April 13, 2009
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Communications Director
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BERRY STATEMENT ON THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION TO EASE TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Berry (AR-01) released this statement regarding President Obama's decision to allow unlimited travel and money transfers by Cuban Americans to family in Cuba. The decision does not lift the trade embargo on Cuba but eases the prohibitions that have restricted Cuban Americans from visiting their relatives and has limited what they can send back home.
“I applaud the President's decision to ease travel restrictions to Cuba. The last 50 years of U.S. policy toward Cuba have proven that unilateral sanctions are not effective.
“By lifting the travel restrictions, we are beginning to lay the groundwork for long-term diplomacy and increased trade. In this ailing economy, one of the first things we can do to provide some relief for our farmers and generate increased revenue for our country would be to lift the trade barriers between the U.S. and Cuba. The time has come to reevaluate our hard-lined policies of the past and embrace a new direction for Cuban-American relations.” |
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