Senators Introduce Bill to Deny Resources to Castro's Military and Security Services

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Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) today introduced the "Cuban Military Transparency Act," bipartisan legislation that would ensure any increase in resources to Cuba reach the Cuban people by prohibiting financial transactions with the Castro regime's military and security services.

The bill's co-sponsors include: Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Cory Gardner (R-CO), David Vitter (R-LA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL).

"It is not in the interest of the United States or the people of Cuba for the U.S. to become a financier of the Castro regime's brutality," said Rubio. "The Cuban Military Transparency Act would prevent U.S. dollars from getting into the hands of the Cuban military and would demand accountability from the Obama Administration regarding fugitives of American justice in Cuba, the return of stolen and uncompensated property and the role of the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior in Cuba."

"The United States must stand squarely on the side of the Cuban people and take every possible action to weaken the brutal rule of the Castro regime," said Cotton. "This bill is one such step. It denies the Castro security services hard currency and aims to hold the regime accountable for its past crimes and misdeeds."

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