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    Some of them never will,'' said Rep. Eduardo ''Eddy'' Gonzalez, a Hialeah Republican, who along with Rep. David Rivera, the author of the Cuba travel bill, and Rep. Luis Garcia, a Miami Beach Democrat, are all pushing for measures related to Cuba. "For us, it's personal because we grew up with our parents raising us with the American dream, but also telling us about how things were in Cuba before Fidel" Gonzalez said. He has pitched a bill that would ban American doctors from practicing in the state if they traveled to Cuba for medical training. Full Article at Miami Herald
    For us, it's personal because we grew up with our parents raising us with the American dream, but also telling us about how things were in Cuba before Fidel
    SOURCE: Miami Herald 20 months ago
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Area legislators push for Cuba regulations
  1. Nobody understands it unless they've been through it. Some of them never will
    SOURCE: Miami Herald 20 months ago
  2. If Homeland Security doesn't consider this a threat, are they missing the boat on this?
    SOURCE: Miami Herald 20 months ago
  3. He's wasting taxpayer dollars
    SOURCE: Miami Herald 20 months ago
  4. International travel is perhaps not in the purview of Florida
    SOURCE: Miami Herald 20 months ago
  5. I don't mind if other people criticize me
    SOURCE: Miami Herald 20 months ago
  6. It's not only our responsibility to protect our soil, but to protect human rights
    SOURCE: Miami Herald 20 months ago
  7. United States government to encourage free and fair elections
    SOURCE: Miami Herald 20 months ago
  8. Not only do families have to deal with a long list of laws that keep them from traveling to Cuba, but now the ones that can go are going to have to deal with yet another ridiculous law
    SOURCE: Miami Herald 20 months ago
  9. These businesses are partners with Fidel Castro and his communist regime
    SOURCE: Miami Herald 20 months ago

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